Difficult GRE Words - Group 8

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

n. condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference

a. dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory

n. very noisy place; state of extreme confusion and disorder

n. excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; acting like stuffed shirt

n. condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference

v. convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike

a. any of various pale or light colors; lacking in body or vigor

n. violent attack; sudden and severe onset of trouble

n. scarcity; smallness of number; fewness

a. having keen insight; mentally perceptive; astute

a. extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward

n. scarcity; smallness of number; fewness

n. extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance

a. expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad

n. slight offense; small sin or fault

v. spread gradually; cause liquid to pass through small holes; filter

a. extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward

n. short story illustrating a lesson

n. public square in an Italian town; roofed and arcaded passageway

n. one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning

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

ad. continually; without ceasing; year after year

v. to be present throughout, to pass through

n. situation, especially an unpleasant, troublesome, or trying one, from which extrication is difficult

n. state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; keenness of emotion

v. convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike

n. act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery

n. slight offense; small sin or fault

n. excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; acting like stuffed shirt

n. glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; vial

n. condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference

a. expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad

v. come before; antecede

a. any of various pale or light colors; lacking in body or vigor

n. common people; vulgar; multitude

a. relating to money; requiring payment of money

v. foretell; serve as an omen or a warning of; indicate by prediction

n. examination; inspection; repair

n. state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; keenness of emotion