GRE Word List

FREEBOOTER

pirate

The meaning of the word freebooter is pirate.

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truncateto shorten by or as if by cutting off
peripherythe perimeter of a circle or other closed curve
herda typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control
germinalbeing in the earliest stage of development
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
gustoan individual or special taste
assiduousshowing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application
repudiateto refuse to accept
virulentmarked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course
obviateto anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary