GRE Word List
ADJURATION
a solemn oath
The meaning of the word adjuration is a solemn oath.
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| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| 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 |