Difficult GRE Words - Group 8
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on track 
1
 | scarcity; smallness of number; fewness |
| teaching; art of education; science of teaching |
| proceeding as planned, as expected, or in a manner consistent with an established pattern |
| elaborate discourse; delivered in public; treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner |
opiate
2
| slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction |
| prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous |
| abundance; completeness; ample amount or quantity |
oratory
3
| excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal |
| belong; have connection with, or dependence on |
| flexible; easily influenced; easily bent or flexed; pliable |
| place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions |
ordain
4
| slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine |
| public square in an Italian town; roofed and arcaded passageway |
| endure; be persistent, refuse to stop |
overshadow
5
| throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; obscure; cover with a superior influence |
| spread or flow throughout; pervade |
| come before; antecede |
| teaching; art of education; science of teaching |
pavilion
6
| flexible; easily influenced; easily bent or flexed; pliable |
| come before; antecede |
| flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped |
| ornate tent; light, sometimes ornamental roofed structure, used for amusement or shelter, as at parks or fairs |
pedagogy
7
| beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements |
| spread or flow throughout; pervade |
| having keen insight; mentally perceptive; astute |
| teaching; art of education; science of teaching |
pernicious
8
| decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine |
| very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
| concise summing up of main points |
| place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions |
perplexity
9
| quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment |
| endure; be persistent, refuse to stop |
| making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade |
| teaching; art of education; science of teaching |
petrifaction
10
| society or government ruled by wealthy class |
| making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade |
| process of turning some plant material into stone |
| capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable |