GRE Word List
CHOREOGRAPHY
the art of symbolically representing dancing
The meaning of the word choreography is the art of symbolically representing dancing.
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| quotidian | occurring every day |
| arid | excessively dry |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |