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 |
|---|---|
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |