GRE Word List
ACCLIMATE
to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation
The meaning of the word acclimate is to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation.
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| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| shove | to push along |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
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| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
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