GRE Word List
DUMMY
a person who is incapable of speaking
The meaning of the word dummy is a person who is incapable of speaking.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |