GRE Word List
GRATIFY
to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to
The meaning of the word gratify is to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| 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 |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |