GRE Word List
CELIBATE
of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy:
The meaning of the word celibate is of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy:.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |