GRE Word List
HUMMOCK
a rounded knoll or hillock
The meaning of the word hummock is a rounded knoll or hillock.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| delve | excavate |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ยน/โโ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
