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 |
|---|---|
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |