GRE Word List
BILK
to block the free development of : frustrate
The meaning of the word bilk is to block the free development of : frustrate.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| defalcate | deduct |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |