GRE Word List
CRONE
a cruel or ugly old woman
The meaning of the word crone is a cruel or ugly old woman.
Random words
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| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
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| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
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| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |