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 |
|---|---|
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
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| finish | to come to an end : terminate |