Difficult GRE Words - Group 8

a. eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything; having interest in a variety of subjects

a. proceeding as planned, as expected, or in a manner consistent with an established pattern

a. burdensome or oppressive; not easily borne; wearing

n. one that looks on; spectator

n. violent attack; sudden and severe onset of trouble

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

a. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; lustrous

a. impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster

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

a. bringing disgrace; shameful or infamous

n. extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance

a. prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous

n. elaborate discourse; delivered in public; treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner

n. musical composition for voices and orchestra based on religious text

n. place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions

v. decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine

n. act of admitting to holy orders; disposition as in ranks or rows; formal arrangement

n. branch of zoology that deals with the study of birds

v. swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; vibrate pendulum like; waver

v. change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue