Difficult GRE Words - Group 8

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n. burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity


Spelling Word: onus
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n. medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction


Spelling Word: opiate
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a. no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion


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n. communication by means of gesture and facial expression


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a. rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life


Spelling Word: pastoral
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v. embezzle; appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public moneys intrusted to one's care


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a. relating to money; requiring payment of money


Spelling Word: pecuniary
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a. feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds


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n. extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency


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a. very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly


Spelling Word: pernicious