GRE Word List

ABSTRACT

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WordMeaning
rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication
climacticof, relating to, or constituting a climax
wagea payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
unassumingnot assuming : modest
bludgeona short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon
venerablecalling forth respect through age, character, and attainments
trancestupor
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
chantto make melodic sounds with the voice