GRE Word List
GENTILITY
the condition of belonging to the gentry
The meaning of the word gentility is the condition of belonging to the gentry.
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|---|---|
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| cryptic | secret |
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| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
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| discretion | individual choice or judgment |