GRE Word List
ADDLE
rotten
The meaning of the word addle is rotten.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |