Difficult GRE Words - Group 7

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lechery  Speak Example sentences
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petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
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harmonious; euphonic; agreeable to hear; producing agreeable, especially musical, sounds
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text of dramatic musical work, such as opera
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unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity; impurity in thought and deed
libertine  Speak Example sentences
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text of dramatic musical work, such as opera
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free thinker, usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint
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terminology; system of names used in an art or science
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brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter
lugubrious  Speak Example sentences
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surgical procedure to remove of all or part of a breast
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clumsy, slow, or awkward
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mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to exaggerated degree
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patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable; quack medicine
macrocosm  Speak Example sentences
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terminology; system of names used in an art or science
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comic misuse of word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound
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clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes
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the whole universe or entire world; complex structure, such as society, considered as single entity that contains numerous smaller-scale structures
maladroit  Speak Example sentences
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free thinker, usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint
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text of dramatic musical work, such as opera
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showing lack of skill; clumsy or awkward
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hardly or never to happen
malediction  Speak Example sentences
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hardly or never to happen
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curse; evil speaking; utterance of curse or execration
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clumsy, slow, or awkward
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capricious; liable to sudden unpredictable change; quick and changeable in temperament
manipulate  Speak Example sentences
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move, arrange, operate, or control by the hands or by mechanical means, especially in a skillful manner; tamper with or falsify for personal gain
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aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing
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very reluctant to give out information
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bird too young to leave its nest; young child
megalomania  Speak Example sentences
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mental disorder with delusions of grandeur
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petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
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belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; practice of supposedly communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future
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free thinker, usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint
meteorite  Speak Example sentences
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be lazy or idle; move, stand, or recline in relaxed manner
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stony or metallic mass of matter that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space
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act of denying; assertion of the nonrealistic or untruthfulness of anything
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comic misuse of word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound
mire  Speak Example sentences
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dull and uninteresting; lacking distinct or individual
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something unusually large of its kind, especially a ship; very large animal, especially a whale
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cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle
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capricious; liable to sudden unpredictable change; quick and changeable in temperament