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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
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| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
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