GRE Word List
COVENANT
a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact
The meaning of the word covenant is a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact.
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| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
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| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| stringent | tight |
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