GRE Word List
CLOUT
a piece of cloth or leather : rag
The meaning of the word clout is a piece of cloth or leather : rag.
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|---|---|
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| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |