GRE Word List
HARBOR
a place of security and comfort : refuge
The meaning of the word harbor is a place of security and comfort : refuge.
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|---|---|
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
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| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| dominate | rule |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
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| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |