GRE Word List
GERMINAL
being in the earliest stage of development
The meaning of the word germinal is being in the earliest stage of development.
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| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| plait | pleat |
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| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
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| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| fabricate | invent |