GRE Word List
GAMBIT
a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position
The meaning of the word gambit is a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position.
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| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| pummel | pound |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |