Difficult GRE Words - Group 7

vigorously passionate; excessive desire, especially in sexual activity

someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person

imitation; act, practice, or art of mimicking

foul-smelling; having bad or offensive odor

environment; person’s social setting or environment

something unusually large of its kind, especially a ship; very large animal, especially a whale

long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension; rather long or too long

horizontal projection forming a narrow shelf on a wall; cut or projection forming a shelf on a cliff or rock wall

interpret incorrectly; misjudge; mistake the meaning of

long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension; rather long or too long

inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

varied; greatly diversified; made up of many differing parts

talkative; given to continual talking; chattering

aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing

stand idly about; linger aimlessly; proceed slowly or with many stops

any mammal of which the female typically has a pouch in which it rears its young, such as kangaroo or koala

newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old

waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth

lacking definite form or limits; hazy; cloudy

very reluctant to give out information

inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

imitation; act, practice, or art of mimicking

foul-smelling; having bad or offensive odor

to cause to rise

slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

one who hates or mistrusts mankind

stand idly about; linger aimlessly; proceed slowly or with many stops

push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude

cause to become sick; fill with disgust

varied; greatly diversified; made up of many differing parts

lying; habitually dishonest; speaking falsely

something unusually large of its kind, especially a ship; very large animal, especially a whale

relating to, or occurring in the night; most active at night

myth; mythology; story or set of stories having significant truth or meaning for particular culture, religion, or other group

make less rigid or softer; calm in temper or feeling

any of various warm-blooded vertebrate animals, including humans, characterized by a covering of hair on the skin

belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; practice of supposedly communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future

waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth

tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another

to walk or move clumsily