GRE Word List
GAIT
a manner of walking or moving on foot
The meaning of the word gait is a manner of walking or moving on foot.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
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| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
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| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |