GRE Word List
ACCLIVITY
an ascending slope (as of a hill)
The meaning of the word acclivity is an ascending slope (as of a hill).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
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| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
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| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
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