GRE Word List

BARB

a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck

The meaning of the word barb is a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck.

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glamoran exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness
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tepidmoderately warm : lukewarm
smudgeto make a smudge on
devoutcommitted or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
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premisea proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference
litotesunderstatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")
cunningdexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end