GRE Word List
FLAGRANT
conspicuously offensive
The meaning of the word flagrant is conspicuously offensive.
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|---|---|
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
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| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |