GRE Word List
HAZARD
a source of danger
The meaning of the word hazard is a source of danger.
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|---|---|
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
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| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |