GRE Word List
CHIDE
to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke
The meaning of the word chide is to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke.
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|---|---|
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
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| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
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| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |