GRE Word List

CAPITULATE

to surrender often after negotiation of terms

The meaning of the word capitulate is to surrender often after negotiation of terms.

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dispassionatenot influenced by strong feeling
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paraphrasea restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form
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