ADVANCED ENGLISH VOCABULARY (with sample sentences) - GRE prep

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Rachel's English


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What is it called when you make an  unpleasant feeling less intense?  
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Assuage. I need a neck massage to assuage  the tension in my shoulders and back.  
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What word describes something you cannot see  through or something or someone not easily understood?
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Opaque. The textbook for my new  history class is really opaque.
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There are a lot of words in there I don't know.
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What do you call a person or situation that is mysterious, puzzling or difficult to understand?
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An enigma. They've discovered a new tomb in Egypt,  
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but they don't know the story of who  was buried there. It's a total enigma.
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