GRE Word List
CHORTLE
to sing or chant exultantly
The meaning of the word chortle is to sing or chant exultantly.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |