GRE Word List
DORMANT
represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws
The meaning of the word dormant is represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws.
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| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| canny | clever |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |