GRE Word List
SUBORN
to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing
The meaning of the word suborn is to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |