GRE Word List
EBULLIENT
boiling
The meaning of the word ebullient is boiling.
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|---|---|
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
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| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
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| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
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