GRE Word List
ENTERPRISING
marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act
The meaning of the word enterprising is marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act.
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| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
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| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| retract | to draw back or in |
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