GRE Word List

EBB

the reflux of the tide toward the sea

The meaning of the word ebb is the reflux of the tide toward the sea.

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WordMeaning
defrayto provide for the payment of : pay
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
stumbleto fall into sin or waywardness
immureto enclose within or as if within walls
delugean overflowing of the land by water
pathosan element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
fancyto have a fancy (see fancy
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
drawto cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull
scotchscottish