GRE Word List
EMBARK
to go on board a vehicle for transportation
The meaning of the word embark is to go on board a vehicle for transportation.
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|---|---|
| nourishment | food |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
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| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |