GRE Word List

CENSORIOUS

marked by or given to censure (see censure

The meaning of the word censorious is marked by or given to censure (see censure.

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subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
noncommittalgiving no clear indication of attitude or feeling
ultimatelast in a progression or series : final
abdicateto renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function
incursiona hostile entrance into a territory : raid
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
vitreousresembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy
recessionthe act or action of receding : withdrawal
wagea payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis
plebiscitea vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler