GRE Word List
ANGULAR
forming an angle : sharp-cornered
The meaning of the word angular is forming an angle : sharp-cornered.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |