GRE Word List

BEHOLDEN

being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted

The meaning of the word beholden is being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted.

Random words

WordMeaning
emendto correct usually by textual alterations
gazettenewspaper
impassableincapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted
scurriloususing or given to coarse language
igneousformed by solidification of magma
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype
pummelpound
antiquatedoutmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted
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thrashto beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog