Difficult GRE Words - Group 9

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n. a literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative takes place before that of a preexisting work or a sequel

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n. act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof

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n. advancing of a claim; assertion; a false or unsupportable quality

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n. introduction, usually to a poem or play

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v. make peace with; appease and render favorable

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n. something that bulges out; swelling or tumor on the body

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v. pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust

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v. drink with relish; swallow hurriedly or greedily

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v. to obtain as a reward for effort

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n. act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return