Difficult GRE Words - Group 7

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lengthy  Speak Example sentences
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strict disciplinarian; one who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules
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long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension; rather long or too long
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mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to exaggerated degree
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bitingly painful; harshly ironic or sinister; serving to fix colors in dyeing
libertine  Speak Example sentences
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brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter
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mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to exaggerated degree
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free thinker, usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint
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recent convert to a belief; one newly initiated
licentious  Speak Example sentences
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the act of complying with a custom or rule
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amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint
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state of being unknown
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slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
maim  Speak Example sentences
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to disable or disfigure, usually by depriving of the use of a limb or other body parts
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comic misuse of word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound
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free thinker, usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint
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in moderate or limited size, quantity, or range; not extremely
mawkish  Speak Example sentences
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free thinker, usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint
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feeling of sickness in the stomach characterized by an urge to vomit; strong aversion; disgust
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insincerely emotional; showing a sickly excess of sentiment
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government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families
memorise  Speak Example sentences
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commit to memory; learn by heart; memorize
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abundant; rich and splendid; fertile
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inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive.
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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
miasma  Speak Example sentences
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brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter
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act of denying; assertion of the nonrealistic or untruthfulness of anything
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government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families
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swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere, often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence
neophyte  Speak Example sentences
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recent convert to a belief; one newly initiated
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the act of complying with a custom or rule
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inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
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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
nomenclature  Speak Example sentences
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terminology; system of names used in an art or science
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hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion
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person of no importance; something that does not exist or that exists only in imagination
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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
nonchalance  Speak Example sentences
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government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families
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indifference; lack of concern; composure
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small leaf; leaf like organ or part
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bare end of nose between nostrils