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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capitulateto surrender often after negotiation of terms
discrepancythe quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance
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venturesomeinclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring
denotationan act or process of denoting
siftto put through a sieve
miasmaa vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
studiedcarefully considered or prepared : thoughtful