Difficult GRE Words - Group 8
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oscillate 
1
 | a chemical used to kill pests |
| endure; be persistent, refuse to stop |
| suitable for drinking; drinkable |
| swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; vibrate pendulum like; waver |
outmoded
2
| change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue |
| endure; be persistent, refuse to stop |
| concise summing up of main points |
| no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion |
palatial
3
| approving; tolerant; granting; not strict in discipline |
| of nature of palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness |
| crowded; populated |
| act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery |
palliate
4
| lessen violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses |
| condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
| full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through |
| concise summing up of main points |
panacea
5
| state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; keenness of emotion |
| assume existence of; put forward, as for consideration or study; suggest |
| extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency |
| remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
pedant
6
| burn surface of; roast over fire, as dry grain; dry to extremity |
| bringing disgrace; shameful or infamous |
| swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; vibrate pendulum like; waver |
| one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
penury
7
| no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion |
| extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency |
| extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance |
| ornate tent; light, sometimes ornamental roofed structure, used for amusement or shelter, as at parks or fairs |
perceptible
8
| convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through |
| capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable |
| crowded; populated |
perfidy
9
| extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |
| no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion |
| act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery |
| concise summing up of main points |
permissive
10
| concise summing up of main points |
| make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate |
| approving; tolerant; granting; not strict in discipline |
| extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance |