Difficult GRE Words - Group 9
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preen 
1
 | person with insane desire to set things on fire |
| make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction |
| hardship; state of extreme poverty |
| hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance |
presage
2
| inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral |
| hardship; state of extreme poverty |
| foretell or predict; indicate or warn of in advance |
| authority on a subject; learned person; expert |
pretension
3
| advancing of a claim; assertion; a false or unsupportable quality |
| powerful; mighty; strong; vigorous; forcible |
| entertain; provide with great enjoyment |
| act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch |
proffer
4
| cleverly executed trick or deception; skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with hands |
| restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin |
| authority on a subject; learned person; expert |
| hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance |
profiteer
5
| retort; comeback; answer to a reply |
| one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk |
| steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove |
| become formal or affected in dress or manners; give neat appearance to |
prominence
6
| uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment |
| one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk |
| extend out or project in space; stick out |
| something prominent, especially an area of land raised above its surroundings |
proscribe
7
| sacrificing; giving up; state of having rejected your religious beliefs |
| command against; banish; outlaw |
| broadcast; announce; make public |
| authority on a subject; learned person; expert |
protean
8
| widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted |
| extend out or project in space; stick out |
| versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes |
| steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove |
protrude
9
| become formal or affected in dress or manners; give neat appearance to |
| widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted |
| foretell or predict; indicate or warn of in advance |
| extend out or project in space; stick out |
pummel
10
| command against; banish; outlaw |
| steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove |
| beat, as with the fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly |
| retort; comeback; answer to a reply |