Difficult GRE Words - Group 9
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prequel 
1
 | a literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative takes place before that of a preexisting work or a sequel |
| expression of blame or censure; censure for a fault; reproach |
| something that bulges out; swelling or tumor on the body |
| person with insane desire to set things on fire |
pretence
2
| habitual return to crime; committing new offenses after being punished for crime |
| act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext.. |
| sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness |
| act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
propitiate
3
| act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext.. |
| expression of blame or censure; censure for a fault; reproach |
| make peace with; appease and render favorable |
| transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation |
proselytize
4
| induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith |
| transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation |
| advancing of a claim; assertion; a false or unsupportable quality |
| act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return |
protagonist
5
| restore consciousness, vigor, or life to; stir up anew; revivify; revive; particularly, to recover from apparent death |
| remitting; characterized by remission; characterized by temporary abatement in severity, especially of diseases |
| principal character in a work of fiction; main character in a drama; leader of a cause; champion |
| feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will |
protract
6
| a literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative takes place before that of a preexisting work or a sequel |
| prolong; draw out or lengthen in time |
| person with insane desire to set things on fire |
| feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will |
protuberance
7
| become formal or affected in dress or manners; give neat appearance to |
| remitting; characterized by remission; characterized by temporary abatement in severity, especially of diseases |
| something that bulges out; swelling or tumor on the body |
| point out; show clearly; make plain or manifest; demonstrate; present and urge reasons in opposition to |
puerile
8
| renewal of friendship after disagreement or enmity; getting two things to correspond |
| childish; belonging to childhood; immature |
| fragrant; odorous; suggestive of odor |
| member of working class; blue collar person |
pyromania
9
| act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return |
| introduction, usually to a poem or play |
| person with insane desire to set things on fire |
| broadcast; announce; make public |
qualm
10
| sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness |
| renewal of friendship after disagreement or enmity; getting two things to correspond |
| remitting; characterized by remission; characterized by temporary abatement in severity, especially of diseases |
| something that bulges out; swelling or tumor on the body |