GRE Word List
ABIDE
to bear patiently : tolerate
The meaning of the word abide is to bear patiently : tolerate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| vertebrate | any 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 |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |