GRE Word List
DISSENT
to withhold assent or approval
The meaning of the word dissent is to withhold assent or approval.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cryptic | secret |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |