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 |
|---|---|
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| benison | blessing |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |