GRE Big Book Words List
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corrosive 
1
 | a. apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting; believed too readily |
| v. activate; stimulate |
| a. sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active |
| a. eating away by chemicals or disease |
delectable
2
| a. delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste |
| a. disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation |
| adj. relating to elizabeth, queen of england, or to her era. |
| n. inhabitant or resident; regular visitor |
demobilize
3
| a. disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation |
| v. retire from military service |
| n. distress; uneasiness; mental or bodily distress |
| v. go beyond; be or do something to a greater degree |
denizen
4
| a. obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice |
| n. a flock of quails or partridges. |
| n. inhabitant or resident; regular visitor |
| n. separation of relations or interests. |
diabolic
5
| n. attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration or practice, which misleads another, or causes to believe what is false |
| adj. characteristic of the devil. |
| a. able to produce a desired effect; valid |
| adj. a place for cremating dead bodies. |
discomfort
6
| n. fundamental or essential constituent of a composite entity; basic assumptions or principles of a subject |
| a. apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting; believed too readily |
| a. major; important; outweighing |
| n. distress; uneasiness; mental or bodily distress |
disunion
7
| a. obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice |
| v. lead forth; reach a conclusion by reasoning; trace the origin or derivation of |
| a. able to produce a desired effect; valid |
| n. separation of relations or interests. |
diurnal
8
| v. portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out |
| a. daily; relating to or occurring in a 24-hour period |
| adj. apt to induce terror or alarm. |
| v. retire from military service |
dominant
9
| a. open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead |
| adj. pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal. |
| n. a flock of quails or partridges. |
| a. major; important; outweighing |
electrolysis
10
| n. the state of being dispersed or scattered. |
| n. the process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current. |
| adj. pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal. |
| a. aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with subject |