GRE Word List
CUBICLE
a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room
The meaning of the word cubicle is a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room.
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| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
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| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
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