GRE Word List

DEFAULT

failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect

The meaning of the word default is failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect.

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WordMeaning
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
ductilecapable of being drawn out (see draw
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prodigalcharacterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish
proximitythe quality or state of being proximate : closeness
peripheralof, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part
forswearto make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
relevanthaving significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand