GRE Word List
BEHOLDEN
obligated; indebted; owing thanks; obliged or indebted from gratitude
The meaning of the word beholden is obligated; indebted; owing thanks; obliged or indebted from gratitude.
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|---|---|
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| abjure | renounce upon oath |
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| gratis | free; without charge; ADJ. |
| doom | condemnation to a severe penalty; ruin; fate (esp. a tragic or ruinous one); V. |
| sloth | slow moving tree-dwelling mammal; laziness; ADJ. slothful: lazy; indolent |
| fester | rankle; produce irritation or resentment; (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days. |