GRE Word List
BASTARD
a child born to parents who are not married to each other
The meaning of the word bastard is a child born to parents who are not married to each other.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| obscure | dark |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
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| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
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