GRE Word List
CAMEO
a gem carved in relief (see relief
The meaning of the word cameo is a gem carved in relief (see relief.
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|---|---|
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
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| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
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