GRE Word List
DETERMINATE
having defined limits
The meaning of the word determinate is having defined limits.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| ignite | to set afire |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |