GRE Word List
ENTRANCE
power or permission to enter : admission
The meaning of the word entrance is power or permission to enter : admission.
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| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| brook | creek |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |