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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epitomea typical or ideal example : embodiment
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
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