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 |
|---|---|
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| forte | one's strong point |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| circlet | a little circle |