GRE Word List
ENSUE
to strive to attain : pursue
The meaning of the word ensue is to strive to attain : pursue.
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magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
miscreant | unbelieving |