GRE Word List
GIRTH
a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back
The meaning of the word girth is a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| magnitude | great size or extent |
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| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ยน/โโ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |