Difficult GRE Words - Group 8

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a. burdensome or oppressive; not easily borne; wearing

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

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n. short story illustrating a lesson

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n. slight offense; small sin or fault

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a. supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging

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n. a body suspended from fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum

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n. piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass

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a. feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds

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a. tending to betray; disloyal; faithless

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n. quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment