GRE Word List

DECLIVITY

downward inclination

The meaning of the word declivity is downward inclination.

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scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
preternaturalexisting outside of nature
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minusculevery small
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tricksterone who tricks: such as
extemporaneouscomposed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu
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