GRE Word List
ACNE
a disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles
The meaning of the word acne is a disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles.
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| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
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| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| realm | kingdom |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
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