GRE Word List
BLURT
to utter abruptly and impulsively
The meaning of the word blurt is to utter abruptly and impulsively.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| calorific | caloric |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |