GRE Word List
BEATITUDE
a state of utmost bliss
The meaning of the word beatitude is a state of utmost bliss.
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| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
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| asunder | into parts |
| lunar | crescent |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |