Difficult GRE Words - Group 9
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preen 
1
 | make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction |
| cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind |
| become formal or affected in dress or manners; give neat appearance to |
| widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted |
prevalent
2
| widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted |
| steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove |
| remitting; characterized by remission; characterized by temporary abatement in severity, especially of diseases |
| inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative. |
profligate
3
| being beyond normal course of nature; differing from natural |
| inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral |
| quality of or possession of agreement with reason |
| pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing |
proletarian
4
| compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying |
| act of putting something in working order again; act or process of making amends; compensation |
| beat, as with the fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly |
| member of working class; blue collar person |
propitiate
5
| make peace with; appease and render favorable |
| supposed, reputed, generally regarded as such |
| renovate; make bright by polishing |
| formidable; arousing fear or awe; worthy of respect or honor |
protagonist
6
| send back; give up; surrender; resign; restore; transmit or send, especially as money in payment of a demand |
| member of working class; blue collar person |
| a literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative takes place before that of a preexisting work or a sequel |
| principal character in a work of fiction; main character in a drama; leader of a cause; champion |
pummel
7
| beat, as with the fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly |
| act of putting something in working order again; act or process of making amends; compensation |
| formidable; arousing fear or awe; worthy of respect or honor |
| capable of being remedied or cured; set straight or right |
pundit
8
| rafts man; originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber |
| inspection or exploration of an area, especially one made to gather military information |
| authority on a subject; learned person; expert |
| performance of a musical or dramatic work; interpretation of a musical score or a dramatic piece |
pusillanimous
9
| cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind |
| beat, as with the fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly |
| make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction |
| inspection or exploration of an area, especially one made to gather military information |
radiate
10
| an agent that slows down or delays the actions of something |
| drink with relish; swallow hurriedly or greedily |
| spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves |
| remitting; characterized by remission; characterized by temporary abatement in severity, especially of diseases |