GRE Word List

ANVIL

a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)

The meaning of the word anvil is a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering).

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WordMeaning
complementaryserving to fill out or complete
multiplicitythe quality or state of being multiple or various
categoricalabsolute
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blisscomplete happiness
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discrepancythe quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance
oscillateto swing backward and forward like a pendulum
doggedmarked by stubborn determination