GRE Word List
CALLOW
lacking adult sophistication : immature
The meaning of the word callow is lacking adult sophistication : immature.
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| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| throes | pang |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
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| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |