Difficult GRE Words - Group 7
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laureate 
1
 | person who has been presented with an award for some distinguished achievement |
| government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families |
| treat ill; abuse; treat roughly. |
| a powerful whirlpool that can suck in objects; events with similar degree of impact as a maelstrom |
leaven
2
| commit to memory; learn by heart; memorize |
| reminiscent of childhood or younger years; homesick; unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons |
| to cause to rise |
| destitute of nerves; lacking vigor; weak; powerless |
legible
3
| indifference; lack of concern; composure |
| handcuff; shackle for hand or wrist; instrument of iron for fettering the hand |
| readable; distinct; plainly discernible; apparent |
| dictionary; a stock of terms used in particular profession, subject, or style; vocabulary |
lexicon
4
| destitute of nerves; lacking vigor; weak; powerless |
| dictionary; a stock of terms used in particular profession, subject, or style; vocabulary |
| imitation; act, practice, or art of mimicking |
| someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person |
licentious
5
| feeling of sickness in the stomach characterized by an urge to vomit; strong aversion; disgust |
| amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint |
| dictionary; a stock of terms used in particular profession, subject, or style; vocabulary |
| marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others |
melodious
6
| harmonious; euphonic; agreeable to hear; producing agreeable, especially musical, sounds |
| happy and ready to do favors for others |
| comic misuse of word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound |
| environment; person’s social setting or environment |
miasma
7
| failure to conform; lack of harmony or correspondence |
| swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere, often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence |
| suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome |
| state of being no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected |
mien
8
| aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing |
| readable; distinct; plainly discernible; apparent |
| destitute of nerves; lacking vigor; weak; powerless |
| imitation; act, practice, or art of mimicking |
mimicry
9
| imitation; act, practice, or art of mimicking |
| self-propelled movement; power or ability to move |
| dying; in dying state; approaching death; about to die |
| government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families |
mythos
10
| myth; mythology; story or set of stories having significant truth or meaning for particular culture, religion, or other group |
| something unusually large of its kind, especially a ship; very large animal, especially a whale |
| gallop slowly; run or ride with steady, easy gait; travel an easy pace with long strides |
| horizontal projection forming a narrow shelf on a wall; cut or projection forming a shelf on a cliff or rock wall |