GRE Word List
DEFEATIST
an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat
The meaning of the word defeatist is an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat.
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| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
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| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
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| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| expatriate | banish |