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 |
|---|---|
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |