GRE Word List

HAGGARD

not tamed

The meaning of the word haggard is not tamed.

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omniscienthaving infinite awareness, understanding, and insight
obsoleteno longer in use or no longer useful
sarcasma sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain
derivationthe formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix)
precincta part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
protuberancesomething that is protuberant
pretexta purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
elegya poem in elegiac couplets
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity