GRE Word List

ADJACENT

not distant : nearby

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

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WordMeaning
commemorateto call to remembrance
jaundicedaffected with or as if with jaundice
occidentwest
perspicaciousof acute mental vision or discernment : keen
surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
hostagea person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement
snipa small piece that is snipped off
biliousof or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile
courtthe residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary
perpetuateto make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely