GRE Word List
CULL
to select from a group : choose
The meaning of the word cull is to select from a group : choose.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
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| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |