GRE Word List
COTERIE
an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose
The meaning of the word coterie is an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| dart | a light spear |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
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| audit | a formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation |
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