GRE Word List
CALIBER
degree of mental capacity or moral quality
The meaning of the word caliber is degree of mental capacity or moral quality.
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| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
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| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
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