GRE Word List
BOOR
peasant
The meaning of the word boor is peasant.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| charlatan | quack |
| itinerary | the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |