GRE Word List
HALTING
marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness
The meaning of the word halting is marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
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| abnegation | denial |
| forebears | ancestor |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |