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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sycophanta servile self-seeking flatterer
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swindlerto obtain money or property by fraud or deceit
dissolutionthe act or process of dissolving: such as
tantamountequivalent in value, significance, or effect
aloofremoved or distant either physically or emotionally
fluctuateto shift back and forth uncertainly
waneto decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle
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