GRE Word List
FUGITIVE
running away or intending flight
The meaning of the word fugitive is running away or intending flight.
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| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
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| reverie | daydream |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |