GRE Word List

DENIZEN

inhabitant

The meaning of the word denizen is inhabitant.

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WordMeaning
suffocateto stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation)
disheveledmarked by disorder or disarray
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
mandatoryrequired by a law or rule : obligatory
convoketo call together to a meeting
homogeneousof the same or a similar kind or nature
abridgeto shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense
scuffleto struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
decoya pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture