GRE Word List

COIFFURE

a style or manner of arranging the hair

The meaning of the word coiffure is a style or manner of arranging the hair.

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bargainan agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other
drudgerydull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor
overtopen to view : manifest
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
actuaryclerk
leavena substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
requisitionthe act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action