Difficult GRE Words - Group 8
Match Quiz
| Difficult GRE Words - Group 8 | View Group Words |
oracular 
1
 | making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade |
| prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous |
| ability to be molded, formed, or modeled; quality or state of being plastic |
| embezzle; appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public moneys intrusted to one's care |
oration
2
| elaborate discourse; delivered in public; treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner |
| abundance; completeness; ample amount or quantity |
| situation, especially an unpleasant, troublesome, or trying one, from which extrication is difficult |
| change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue |
oscillate
3
| act or offer that indicates readiness to perform an action or open new relationship |
| beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements |
| elaborate discourse; delivered in public; treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner |
| swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; vibrate pendulum like; waver |
overture
4
| act or offer that indicates readiness to perform an action or open new relationship |
| no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion |
| aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious |
| change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue |
pallid
5
| abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness |
| no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion |
| burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| tending to make or become worse; disparaging or belittling |
patina
6
| supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging |
| green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting |
| pertaining to bishop or pope; having dignity or authority of bishop |
| act or offer that indicates readiness to perform an action or open new relationship |
paucity
7
| throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; obscure; cover with a superior influence |
| abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness |
| essential premise; underlying assumption |
| scarcity; smallness of number; fewness |
perceptible
8
| capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable |
| supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging |
| abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness |
| expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad |
plaintive
9
| elaborate discourse; delivered in public; treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner |
| expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad |
| hidden danger; concealed trap; hidden hazard |
| musical composition for voices and orchestra based on religious text |
platitudinous
10
| abundance; completeness; ample amount or quantity |
| relating to or characterized by platitude or platitudes; dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality |
| form, appearance, or belongings of a person; external appearance, stature, figure, air |
| embezzle; appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public moneys intrusted to one's care |