Difficult GRE Words - Group 9
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preternatural 
1
 | act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch |
| uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment |
| being beyond normal course of nature; differing from natural |
| sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness |
privation
2
| principal character in a work of fiction; main character in a drama; leader of a cause; champion |
| performance of a musical or dramatic work; interpretation of a musical score or a dramatic piece |
| retort; comeback; answer to a reply |
| hardship; state of extreme poverty |
prohibitive
3
| acting in advance to deal with an expected difficulty |
| point out; show clearly; make plain or manifest; demonstrate; present and urge reasons in opposition to |
| tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding |
| disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of |
pugnacity
4
| combativeness; inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness |
| hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance |
| supposed to be true; reasonable as a supposition |
| quality of or possession of agreement with reason |
punctilious
5
| to cause irritation or resentment, to embitter |
| matter; point; particular; consideration; condition; respect |
| marked by precise accordance with details |
| retort; comeback; answer to a reply |
pusillanimous
6
| cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind |
| put or throw flat with face down; cause to lie flat |
| inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral |
| excessively greedy; predatory; taking by force; plundering |
quiescent
7
| at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive |
| put or throw flat with face down; cause to lie flat |
| disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of |
| quality of or possession of agreement with reason |
rancour
8
| expression of protest, complaint, or reproof, especially formal statement of grievances |
| tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding |
| hold oneself back; forbear; keep one's self from action or interference |
| feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will |
rapacious
9
| to obtain as a reward for effort |
| disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of |
| excessively greedy; predatory; taking by force; plundering |
| summarize; repeat in concise form |
rationality
10
| quality of or possession of agreement with reason |
| to obtain as a reward for effort |
| proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will |