Difficult GRE Words - Group 8

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oracular  Speak Example sentences
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making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade
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prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous
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ability to be molded, formed, or modeled; quality or state of being plastic
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embezzle; appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public moneys intrusted to one's care
oration  Speak Example sentences
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elaborate discourse; delivered in public; treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner
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abundance; completeness; ample amount or quantity
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situation, especially an unpleasant, troublesome, or trying one, from which extrication is difficult
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change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue
oscillate  Speak Example sentences
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act or offer that indicates readiness to perform an action or open new relationship
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beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements
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elaborate discourse; delivered in public; treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner
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swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; vibrate pendulum like; waver
overture  Speak Example sentences
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act or offer that indicates readiness to perform an action or open new relationship
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no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion
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aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious
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change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue
pallid  Speak Example sentences
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abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness
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no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion
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burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity
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tending to make or become worse; disparaging or belittling
patina  Speak Example sentences
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supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging
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green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting
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pertaining to bishop or pope; having dignity or authority of bishop
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act or offer that indicates readiness to perform an action or open new relationship
paucity  Speak Example sentences
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throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; obscure; cover with a superior influence
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abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness
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essential premise; underlying assumption
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scarcity; smallness of number; fewness
perceptible  Speak Example sentences
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capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable
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supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging
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abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness
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expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad
plaintive  Speak Example sentences
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elaborate discourse; delivered in public; treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner
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expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad
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hidden danger; concealed trap; hidden hazard
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musical composition for voices and orchestra based on religious text
platitudinous  Speak Example sentences
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abundance; completeness; ample amount or quantity
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relating to or characterized by platitude or platitudes; dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
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form, appearance, or belongings of a person; external appearance, stature, figure, air
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embezzle; appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public moneys intrusted to one's care