GRE Word List
GULL
any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae)
The meaning of the word gull is any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| reverie | daydream |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |