GRE Word List
FRANTIC
emotionally out of control
The meaning of the word frantic is emotionally out of control.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
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| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
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| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |