Difficult GRE Words - Group 9

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a. in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal


Spelling Word: profuse
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n. member of working class; blue collar person


Spelling Word: proletarian
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n. property of being close together; kinship; nearness; similarity in nature


Spelling Word: propinquity
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n. design or tendency; meaning; import; disguise; covering


Spelling Word: purport
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a. at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive


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n. pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing


Spelling Word: quintessence
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n. something defends from assault or secures safety; defense


Spelling Word: rampart
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a. related to the terminal part of the large intestine


Spelling Word: rectal
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n. act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return


Spelling Word: recurrence
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v. give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper


Spelling Word: relent