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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| hirsute | hairy |