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The Verbal part has been the toughest part and will be so for the GRE test
takers. Given below are word arranged in-groups, which are similar.
estrange to alienate
imponderable weightless
fetter shackle
brazen insolent
bumptious self-assertive
impertinent insolent
misgivings doubts
qualms misgivings
solicitous anxious or concerned about someone's welfare,
etc ; eager to help or serve someone; worried; concerned
craven cowardly
dastard coward
daunt intimidate
intimidate
poltroon coward
terrify
timorous fearful; demonstrating fear
drone idle person; male bee / talk dully; buzz or murmur like
a bee
indolence laziness
slack
sloven
braggadocio boasting
braggart boaster
stuffed shirt
vaporer a braggart
vaunt
vaunter
apt
inclination
leaning
partial
predisposition
proneness
tendency
disinfection
hygiene
lave wash
purify
sanitation
sterilization
epidermis
hull
husk
membrane
peel
pod
rind
scale
shuck
finale conclusion
dissipate squander
extravagant
fritter waste
prodigality
spendthrift
squander waste
thriftless
unthrifty
waster
wastrel profligate
contentious quarrelsome
contest dispute
dispute vi. 1to argue; debate 2to quarrel vt. 1to argue or
debate (a question); discuss pro and con 2to question
the truth of; doubt 3to oppose in any way; resist 4to fight
for; contest [to dispute every foot of ground] n. 1a
disputing; argument; debate 2a quarrel 3[Obs.] a fight
SYN. discuss, argument beyond dispute 1not open to
dispute or question; settled 2indisputably in dispute still
being argued about; not settled
moot debatable
polemical
blur
dappled spotted
disheveled untidy
filthy
fleck spot
mottled spotted
smear
squalor
tainted contaminated; corrupt
deranged insane
fluster confuse
fuddle
maelstrom whirlpool
perplex
perturbation agitation
ruffled
compact
seconder
stand-by
eloquent
mumble
murmur
mutter
prattle babble
stammer
stuttering
proverb
amity friendship
jocund merry
jovial good-natured; merry
dissonant
divergent get farther apart from a point, or from each
other as they progress / differing; deviating
incompatible
inconsistency
rent
repugnance loathing
hefty
preponderous
atrophy
debility
decrepitude
devitalize
drowsiness
effeminacy
enfeeble
flabby
flaccid flabby
inertness
languor
lassitude
lax careless
loaf
sap
foolhardy rash
temerarious rash
venturesome bold
anhydrous withered
barren
desiccant
desiccate dry up
drain
drench
drought
exsiccate
hydrate
immerse
macerate
parch
saturate soak
scorch
sear
steep soak
asinine stupid
buffoon a clown
bungler
farcical
fatuity
imbecile
mooncalf
pantaloon
puerility
sap head
schlemiel
schmo, schmoe
simp (simpleton)
simpleton
soft head
softy, softie
stick-in-the-mud
stupe
tomfool
mutineer mutiny
seditionary
defer
hamper obstruct
obstructionist
retard
seditionary
stonewalled
convert
rattlesnake
recreant coward; betrayer of faith
traitor
treacherousness
caprice whim
intersperse
metamorphose
quicksilver
vagrant
discard
disprove
gainsay deny
negate
negation denial
override
protest
rebut to contradict
repel vt. to drive or force back; hold or ward off [to repel
an attack]/to refuse to accept, agree to, or submit to;
reject [to repel advances]/ to refuse to accept (a person);
spurn [to repel a suitor]/ a) to cause distaste or dislike
in; disgust [the odor repelled him] b) to cause (insects,
etc.) to react by staying away/ a) to be resistant to, or
present an opposing force to [a coating that repels
moisture] b) to fail to mix with or adhere to [water repels
oil] vi. to drive off, or offer an opposing force to,
something / to cause distaste, dislike, or aversion
revoke
withhold
apparent
limpid clear
dim
filmy
murky
opaqueness
sooty
turbid muddy; having the sediment disturbed
anathematize curse
animadvert
assail assault
censorious critical
chastise punish
chide scold
decry disparage
defame to slander
denigrate blacken
deprecatory disapproving
despise scorn
detest
disapproval
fulmination
gainsay deny
gibe mock
imprecation a curse
libel defamation
maul
mock
mudslinger
nauseate
objurgate scold; rebuke severely
pan
peace monger
rate
rebuke
reprehend
reprimand
scathe
slater
slight
slur
smear
sneer
vilifier
vilify slander
vituperate
cache
clandestine secret
furtive stealthy
inconspicuous
lurk
subterranean
chicanery trickery
duplicity
furtive stealthy
gimmick
illusive deceiving
improbity dishonesty
mendacity
ploy
shammer
shark
sharper swindler
short-changer
sleight dexterity
studied
swindle
twister
welsher
caulk
figurehead
galley
hold
lurch
porthole
skiff
tugboat
armor clad
cavalry
chivalrous the knights or the Middle Ages ; honorable ;
courteous / courteous; faithful; brave
chivalry
dagger
drawbridge
moat
motto
quiver
dearth scarcity
deficiency
myopia
nip
paucity scarcity
scant meager
scarcity
garrulity talkativeness
magpie newsmonger
prolixity
raconteur story-teller
rattlebrain
rattler
wordy
yenta
contemplate
mull
muse ponder
ponder
pore
fleeting
makeshift
provisional tentative
stopgap
transitoriness impermanence
biddable
ductile
insubordinate disobedient ; rebellious
manageable
meek
pliant
submissive
tractability
yielding
naïve (na-eev)
dolorous sorrowful
lugubrious mournful
blare
clamorous
commotion
deafening
fluster confuse
piercing
rambunctious
rattling
scaremonger
squeaker
tumultuous
discreet judicious
heed
precise exact
precision
providence
duel
fray brawl
strife
blandishment flattery
cajole coax; wheedle
court
creep
cringing
crouch
flattery
snob
subjection
tuft hunter
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