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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| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
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| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| desperate | having lost hope |