GRE Word List
GENUFLECT
to bend the knee
The meaning of the word genuflect is to bend the knee.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |