GRE Word List
CLAMOR
noisy shouting
The meaning of the word clamor is noisy shouting.
Random words
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| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
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| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
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| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
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