GRE Word List

ADJACENT

not distant : nearby

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

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WordMeaning
peremptoryputting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
bouta spell or period of activity: such as
redoubtablecausing fear or alarm : formidable
miragean optical (see optical
precipicea very steep or overhanging place
dynamicmarked by usually continuous and productive activity or change
abysmalimmeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad
impecunioushaving very little or no money usually habitually : penniless
wansuggestive of poor health : sickly