GRE Word List
CHAPERON
a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety
The meaning of the word chaperon is a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
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| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |