GRE Word List
CROTCHETY
given to crotchets (see crotchet
The meaning of the word crotchety is given to crotchets (see crotchet.
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|---|---|
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
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| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
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| boor | peasant |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
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