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 |
|---|---|
| duration | continuance in time |
| 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 |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |