GRE Word List
CHAFF
the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
The meaning of the word chaff is the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain.
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| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| regeneration | an act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
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| writ | something written : writing |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |