GRE Word List
CATHARTIC
of, relating to, or producing catharsis
The meaning of the word cathartic is of, relating to, or producing catharsis.
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| cipher | zero |
| mange | any 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 |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
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