GRE Word List
FLAG
any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as
The meaning of the word flag is any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as.
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| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |