GRE Word List

FULCRUM

prop

The meaning of the word fulcrum is prop.

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phariseea 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
worldlyof, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs
calamitya disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering
compriseto be made up of
guiledeceitful cunning : duplicity
augustmarked by majestic dignity or grandeur
offhandwithout premeditation or preparation : extempore
curfewthe sounding of a bell at evening
clairvoyanthaving clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception
yieldto bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation