GRE Word List
ADJACENT
not distant : nearby
The meaning of the word adjacent is not distant : nearby.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |