GRE Word List

HEADLONG

headfirst

The meaning of the word headlong is headfirst.

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WordMeaning
kindredof a similar nature or character : like
determinationa judicial decision settling and ending a controversy
ordinancean authoritative decree or direction : order
fallibleliable to be erroneous
friskto search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
pugnacityhaving a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent
hindsightperception of the nature of an event after it has happened
refuseto express oneself as unwilling to accept
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing