GRE Word List
CONFINE
something (such as borders or walls) that encloses
The meaning of the word confine is something (such as borders or walls) that encloses.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |