GRE Word List
CULMINATION
the action of culminating
The meaning of the word culmination is the action of culminating.
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| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
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| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |