GRE Word List
DEGRADATION
the act or process of degrading
The meaning of the word degradation is the act or process of degrading.
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fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
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accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
concatenate | linked together |
petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
kudos | praise given for achievement |
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