GRE Word List
HAUNT
to visit often : frequent
The meaning of the word haunt is to visit often : frequent.
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| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| puerile | juvenile |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |