GRE Word List
IMPERATIVE
not to be avoided or evaded : necessary
The meaning of the word imperative is not to be avoided or evaded : necessary.
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|---|---|
| duration | continuance in time |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
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| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
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