GRE Word List
EGRESS
a place or means of going out : exit
The meaning of the word egress is a place or means of going out : exit.
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| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
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| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
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| scion | descendant |
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