GRE Word List
DUTIFUL
filled with or motivated by a sense of duty
The meaning of the word dutiful is filled with or motivated by a sense of duty.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |