GRE Word List
ADVENT
the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
The meaning of the word advent is the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| drab | slattern |
| primal | original |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
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| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |