GRE Word List
CONCAVE
hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl
The meaning of the word concave is hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl.
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| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
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| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |