GRE Word List

HOLOCAUST

a sacrifice (see sacrifice

The meaning of the word holocaust is a sacrifice (see sacrifice.

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lanknot well filled out : slender
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compromisesettlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
copiousyielding something abundantly
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion