GRE Word List
ADJURATION
a solemn oath
The meaning of the word adjuration is a solemn oath.
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cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
chafe | irritate |
antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
eventual | contingent |