GRE Word List
DORSAL
an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar
The meaning of the word dorsal is an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar.
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|---|---|
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| concordat | compact |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| significant | having meaning |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |