Difficult GRE Words - Group 5

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a. apt; suitably expressed; well chosen

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a. unpleasant-smelling; having offensive smell; stinking

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n. sudden raid or military advance; venture or initial attempt, especially outside one's usual area

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n. privilege or right officially granted a person or a group by a government; business or group of businesses established or operated under such authorization

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n. architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice; heavy woolen fabric with a long nap

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n. any of large-scale aggregates of stars, gas, and dust that constitute the universe; assembly of brilliant or distinguished persons or things

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v. stimulate by shock; stir up; stimulate to action

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n. brief explanation of words, often placed at back of book

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a. unsteady and dazed; shaky; slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness

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n. small European insectivore, and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines