GRE Word List
DEBUTANTE
one making a debut (see debut
The meaning of the word debutante is one making a debut (see debut.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |