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 |
|---|---|
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| condole | grieve |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |