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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
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| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| influx | a coming in |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |