GRE Word List
CENTAUR
any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
The meaning of the word centaur is any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly.
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| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
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| seasoned | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
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| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |