GRE Word List
GRUFF
rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect
The meaning of the word gruff is rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect.
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| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| etymology | the 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 |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |