Difficult GRE Words - Group 9
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prevaricate 
1
 | put or throw flat with face down; cause to lie flat |
| command against; banish; outlaw |
| suggesting puzzlement; mocking; curious |
| lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action |
progenitor
2
| renovate; make bright by polishing |
| make peace with; appease and render favorable |
| direct ancestor; originator of a line of descent; originator or founder |
| often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound |
proscribe
3
| command against; banish; outlaw |
| cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to broader area or larger number |
| suggesting puzzlement; mocking; curious |
| superiority in numbers or amount |
protean
4
| versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes |
| cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to broader area or larger number |
| point out; show clearly; make plain or manifest; demonstrate; present and urge reasons in opposition to |
| clothing; garments; dress; garb; costume |
provident
5
| excessively greedy; predatory; taking by force; plundering |
| marked by precise accordance with details |
| displaying foresight; providing carefully for future; preparing for emergencies |
| compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying |
ramification
6
| restore water that has been removed or lost; moisten something that has dried |
| suggesting puzzlement; mocking; curious |
| habitual return to crime; committing new offenses after being punished for crime |
| act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch |
ramify
7
| inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral |
| divide into branches or subdivisions; subordinate branchlike parts |
| versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes |
| impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control |
recalcitrant
8
| make peace with; appease and render favorable |
| restore water that has been removed or lost; moisten something that has dried |
| obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority |
| direct ancestor; originator of a line of descent; originator or founder |
recede
9
| make peace with; appease and render favorable |
| foretell or predict; indicate or warn of in advance |
| move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension |
| displaying foresight; providing carefully for future; preparing for emergencies |
recurrence
10
| obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority |
| act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return |
| restore water that has been removed or lost; moisten something that has dried |
| command against; banish; outlaw |