GRE Word List
IMPLY
to express indirectly
The meaning of the word imply is to express indirectly.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| duration | continuance in time |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |