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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
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