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 |
|---|---|
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| prowess | distinguished bravery |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |