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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WordMeaning
championa winner of first prize or first place in competition
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
aberrationthe fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state
phoenixa legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
parasitean organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host
paritythe quality or state of being equal or equivalent
penitentfeeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant
insubordinationdisobedient to authority
jabberto talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)