GRE Word List
HOARY
gray or white with or as if with age
The meaning of the word hoary is gray or white with or as if with age.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |