GRE Word List
DISPASSIONATE
not influenced by strong feeling
The meaning of the word dispassionate is not influenced by strong feeling.
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| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
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| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
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