GRE Word List
CRYPTIC
secret
The meaning of the word cryptic is secret.
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| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
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| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| quarry | game |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
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| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |