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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
