GRE Word List

GROTTO

cave

The meaning of the word grotto is cave.

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enfranchiseto set free (as from slavery)
bruisean injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion
peevishquerulous in temperament or mood : fretful
spasmodicrelating to or affected or characterized by spasm
gainsayto declare to be untrue or invalid
manifoldmarked by diversity or variety
cursoryrapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
foddersomething fed to domestic animals
percussionthe act of percussing: such as