GRE Word List
CAMP
a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
The meaning of the word camp is a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers).
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|---|---|
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| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
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| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| antiquity | ancient times |
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