GRE Word List
ARDOR
an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling
The meaning of the word ardor is an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling.
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| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
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| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
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