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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omnipresentpresent in all places at all times
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purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
basethe bottom of something considered as its support : foundation
comportto be fitting : accord
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annalsa record of events arranged in yearly sequence
bureaucracya body of nonelected government officials
adjacentnot distant : nearby