GRE Word List
GLUTINOUS
having the quality of glue : gummy
The meaning of the word glutinous is having the quality of glue : gummy.
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|---|---|
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
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| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
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| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |