Hardest GRE (S-T) 23/25
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rdjackso Plus on March 26, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
Stolid | unemotional, lacking sensitivity |
Strategem | trick designed to deceive an enemy |
Sublime | lofty or grand |
Sully | to tarnish, taint |
Supplant | to replace (another) by force; to take the place of |
Surfeit | excessive amount |
Surly | rude and bad-tempered |
Sybarite | a person devoted to pleasure and luxury |
Sycophant | a self-serving flatterer, yes-man |
Symbiosis | cooperation, mutual helpfulness |
Syncopation | temporary irregularity in musical rhythm |
Tacit | done without using words |
Taciturn | silent, not talkative |
Talon | claw of an animal, especially a bird of prey |
Tangential | digressing, diverting |
Tawdy | gaudy, cheap, showry |
Terrestrial | earthly; down-to-earth, commonplace |
Tirade | long, harsh speech or verbal attack |
Toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favor |
Tome | a book (usually large academic) |
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