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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|---|---|
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |