GRE Word List

HEADLONG

headfirst

The meaning of the word headlong is headfirst.

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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
abridgeto shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense
dupeone that is easily deceived or cheated : fool
denominationan act of denominating
quashto suppress or extinguish summarily and completely
incorporateto unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole
aridexcessively dry
meniala person doing menial work
jaundiceyellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments
peripheralof, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part