GRE Word List
EXCEPTIONABLE
objectionable; likely to cause dislike; offensive; CF. unexceptionable: entirely acceptable
The meaning of the word exceptionable is objectionable; likely to cause dislike; offensive; CF. unexceptionable: entirely acceptable.
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prudent | cautious; careful; prudential |
colloquy | informal discussion; conversation |
perfidious | treacherous; disloyal; N. perfidy: treachery |
gruff | rough-mannered; (of a voice) rough; hoarse |
embark | commence; go on board a boat; begin a journey |
crescendo | increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage; climax; CF. crescent |
incinerate | burn to ashes |
freebooter | pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich |
recast | reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue, etc.); fashion again |
waylay | ambush; lie in wait for and attack |