GRE Word List
ADJACENT
not distant : nearby
The meaning of the word adjacent is not distant : nearby.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |