GRE Word List
DISCOMFIT
to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert
The meaning of the word discomfit is to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert.
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beeline | a straight direct course |
retaliate | to return like for like |
subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
apoplexy | stroke |
stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
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