GRE Word List

DEPLORE

to feel or express grief for

The meaning of the word deplore is to feel or express grief for.

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retardto delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment
impetusa driving force : impulse
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
travailwork especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil
aberrationthe fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state
deviouswandering
legatoin a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones)
choiran organized company of singers (as in a church service)
transcribeto make a written copy of
sophomoricconceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature