GRE Word List
AUXILIARY
offering or providing help
The meaning of the word auxiliary is offering or providing help.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
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