Difficult GRE Words - Group 7

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leaflet  Speak Example sentences
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swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere, often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence
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to cause to rise
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small leaf; leaf like organ or part
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dictionary; a stock of terms used in particular profession, subject, or style; vocabulary
leviathan  Speak Example sentences
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partially or totally dark; gloomy
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lying; habitually dishonest; speaking falsely
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clear, transparent or bright; calm, untroubled, and without worry
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something unusually large of its kind, especially a ship; very large animal, especially a whale
lily  Speak Example sentences
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powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry
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in moderate or limited size, quantity, or range; not extremely
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petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
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any of various plants of the genus Lilium, having variously colored, often trumpet-shaped flowers
lionize  Speak Example sentences
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perplex or bewilder someone; confound or flummox
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new or newly invented word or phrase
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look on or treat a person as celebrity; visit famous places in order to revere them
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commit to memory; learn by heart; memorize
machination  Speak Example sentences
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clumsy, slow, or awkward
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powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry
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clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes
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inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
macrocosm  Speak Example sentences
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person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth
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commit to memory; learn by heart; memorize
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capricious; liable to sudden unpredictable change; quick and changeable in temperament
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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
maelstrom  Speak Example sentences
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one who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct; not conforming to some norm; unconventional
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bitingly painful; harshly ironic or sinister; serving to fix colors in dyeing
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long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension; rather long or too long
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a powerful whirlpool that can suck in objects; events with similar degree of impact as a maelstrom
magnate  Speak Example sentences
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one of two equal parts; a half
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extremely small; very small person; trivial or petty
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person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth
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powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry
maim  Speak Example sentences
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powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry
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one of two equal parts; a half
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dictionary; a stock of terms used in particular profession, subject, or style; vocabulary
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to disable or disfigure, usually by depriving of the use of a limb or other body parts
mammal  Speak Example sentences
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clumsy, slow, or awkward
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in moderate or limited size, quantity, or range; not extremely
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text of dramatic musical work, such as opera
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any of various warm-blooded vertebrate animals, including humans, characterized by a covering of hair on the skin