GRE Word List
ADJACENT
not distant : nearby
The meaning of the word adjacent is not distant : nearby.
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| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |