GRE Word List
EXTRICATE
to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty
The meaning of the word extricate is to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty.
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| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
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| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
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| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| hallowed | holy |