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 |
|---|---|
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| rift | fissure |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |