GRE Word List
CADET
a younger brother or son
The meaning of the word cadet is a younger brother or son.
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induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
homespun | spun or made at home |
wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |