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 |
|---|---|
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |