GRE Word List
DISAVOWAL
to deny responsibility for : repudiate
The meaning of the word disavowal is to deny responsibility for : repudiate.
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|---|---|
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
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| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
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| ancillary | subordinate |
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