GRE Word List

APOPLEXY

stroke

The meaning of the word apoplexy is stroke.

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WordMeaning
expungeto strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion
distortto twist (see twist
tendentiousmarked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased
idyllicpleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
tentativenot fully worked out or developed
cohabitto live together as or as if a married couple
consequentialof the nature of a secondary result : indirect
adversitya state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune
scapegoata 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
composta mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land