GRE Word List

CURFEW

the sounding of a bell at evening

The meaning of the word curfew is the sounding of a bell at evening.

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immaculatespotlessly clean
volubleeasily rolling or turning : rotating
pugnacityhaving a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent
nauticalof, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
gnarledfull of knots or gnarls : knotty
galvanicof, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity
franchisethe right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action