Difficult GRE Words - Group 7
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layman 
1
 | someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person |
| person who has been presented with an award for some distinguished achievement |
| cause to become sick; fill with disgust |
| strict disciplinarian; one who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules |
leaven
2
| look on or treat a person as celebrity; visit famous places in order to revere them |
| belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; practice of supposedly communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future |
| to cause to rise |
| act of denying; assertion of the nonrealistic or untruthfulness of anything |
lionize
3
| lacking definite form or limits; hazy; cloudy |
| look on or treat a person as celebrity; visit famous places in order to revere them |
| slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery |
| destitute of nerves; lacking vigor; weak; powerless |
mandate
4
| treat ill; abuse; treat roughly. |
| hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| state of being no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected |
| authoritative command or instruction; contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him |
measles
5
| cause to become sick; fill with disgust |
| an acute and contagious viral disease (usually of childhood), common symptoms include red skin rash, fever, and cough |
| unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity; impurity in thought and deed |
| failure to conform; lack of harmony or correspondence |
megalomania
6
| extremely small; very small person; trivial or petty |
| mental disorder with delusions of grandeur |
| treat ill; abuse; treat roughly. |
| emerging, coming into existence |
mendacious
7
| surgical procedure to remove of all or part of a breast |
| lacking definite form or limits; hazy; cloudy |
| lying; habitually dishonest; speaking falsely |
| state of being no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected |
miscellany
8
| free thinker, usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint |
| the whole universe or entire world; complex structure, such as society, considered as single entity that contains numerous smaller-scale structures |
| collection of various items, parts, or ingredients, especially one composed of diverse literary works |
| indifference; lack of concern; composure |
necromancy
9
| belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; practice of supposedly communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future |
| surgical procedure to remove of all or part of a breast |
| small leaf; leaf like organ or part |
| destitute of nerves; lacking vigor; weak; powerless |
nonconformity
10
| craft of a construction worker; structure built of stone or brick |
| slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery |
| failure to conform; lack of harmony or correspondence |
| patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable; quack medicine |