GRE Word List

DECIDUOUS

falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle

The meaning of the word deciduous is falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle.

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foreshadowto represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure
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fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
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compilationthe act or process of compiling