GRE Word List
ADJURATION
a solemn oath
The meaning of the word adjuration is a solemn oath.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| leave-taking | departure |
| concentric | having a common center |