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 |
|---|---|
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| obscure | dark |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| ramification | branch |