GRE Word List
BOUND
fastened by or as if by a band : confined
The meaning of the word bound is fastened by or as if by a band : confined.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| blackball | to vote against |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| pediatrician | a specialist in pediatrics |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |