GRE Word List
BELABOR
to attack verbally
The meaning of the word belabor is to attack verbally.
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unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
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headlong | headfirst |
cipher | zero |
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penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
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