GRE Word List
CURB
an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter
The meaning of the word curb is an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter.
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| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| ramification | branch |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| poise | balance |
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