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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| Word | Meaning |
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| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
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| 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 |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| fulcrum | prop |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |