GRE Word List
EXTENUATE
to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate
The meaning of the word extenuate is to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
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| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
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| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |