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 |
|---|---|
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| studied | carefully considered or prepared : thoughtful |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |