GRE Word List

ARRAIGN

to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge

The meaning of the word arraign is to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge.

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WordMeaning
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
taintto contaminate morally : corrupt
febrilemarked or caused by fever : feverish
aegisa shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena
maladroitlacking adroitness : inept
feuda mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate
amendto put right
bereavementthe state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")