GRE Word List
INAMORATA
woman whom a man loves
The meaning of the word inamorata is woman whom a man loves.
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| acquittal | deliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from a charge or accusation; discharge from a duty; conduct (oneself) in a specified manner |
| conviction | judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief |
| prognosis | forecasted course of a disease; prediction; CF. prognostic |
| hostage | person who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands |
| sunder | separate; part; CF. asunder |
| abase | lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respect |
| harrowing | agonizing; distressing; traumatic; V. harrow: break up and level (soil) with a harrow; inflict great distress on; agonize; N: farming machine to break up the earth |
| embed | enclose; place in something; fix firmly in a surrounding mass |
| unwarranted | unjustified; having no justification; groundless; baseless; undeserved |
| stock | standard; kept regularly in stock or supply; typical; routine; common; Ex. stock sizes of paper; Ex. stock excuse/character; N: goods for sale in a shop; OP. unique |
