GRE Word List
APPLICATION
an act of applying:
The meaning of the word application is an act of applying:.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |