GRE Word List
DECLIVITY
downward inclination
The meaning of the word declivity is downward inclination.
Random words
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straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
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entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |