GRE Word List
ADJACENT
not distant : nearby
The meaning of the word adjacent is not distant : nearby.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |