GRE Word List
COUP
highly successful action or sudden attack; coup(s) d'etat; CF. coup de gr\^ace: deathblow or shot which kills
The meaning of the word coup is highly successful action or sudden attack; coup(s) d'etat; CF. coup de gr\^ace: deathblow or shot which kills.
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renown | fame; ADJ. renowned |
disperse | scatter; Ex. disperse the cloud/crowd |
eminent | rising above others; high; lofty; distinguished; Ex. eminent position |
calorific | heat-producing; N. calorie |
hubris | arrogance; excessive self-conceit |
dys- | abnormal; impaired |
rhapsody | excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling; musical composition of irregular form (as if made up as one plays it) |
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complaisant | trying to please; obliging; willing to please others |
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