GRE Word List

CAPACITY

legal competency (see competence

The meaning of the word capacity is legal competency (see competence.

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boorishresembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor
waketo be or remain awake
mendicantbeggar
sibyllineany of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)
gratuitousnot called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted
conjectureinference formed without proof or sufficient evidence
flaccidnot firm or stiff
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
shrewany of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur
frockan outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit