GRE Word List
HEEDLESS
not taking heed : inconsiderate
The meaning of the word heedless is not taking heed : inconsiderate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| anesthetic | of, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia |
| mendicant | beggar |
| etymology | the 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 |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |