GRE Word List

HEADLONG

headfirst

The meaning of the word headlong is headfirst.

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esteemthe regard in which one is held
autocraticof, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute
rhapsodya portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
arborealof, relating to, or resembling a tree
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
paraphernaliathe separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
muskyhaving an odor of or resembling musk
kudospraise given for achievement