GRE Word List
ARABLE
fit for or used for the growing of crops
The meaning of the word arable is fit for or used for the growing of crops.
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| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| endue | provide |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |