GRE Word List

EXPEDITIOUS

marked by or acting with prompt efficiency

The meaning of the word expeditious is marked by or acting with prompt efficiency.

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mountebanka person who sells quack medicines from a platform
uniformitythe quality or state of being uniform
magnitudegreat size or extent
jettisonto get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision
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pineany of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals
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