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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| 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 |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
