GRE Word List

ADJACENT

not distant : nearby

The meaning of the word adjacent is not distant : nearby.

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determinationa judicial decision settling and ending a controversy
tanto make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun
prefatoryof, relating to, or constituting a preface
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