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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WordMeaning
suppressto put down by authority or force : subdue
culinaryof or relating to the kitchen or cookery
contingentdependent on or conditioned by something else
shacklesomething (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
retiringreserved
implyto express indirectly
spasmodicrelating to or affected or characterized by spasm
rectitudethe quality or state of being straight
incurto become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself