GRE Word List
INDULGE
to yield to the desire of : humor
The meaning of the word indulge is to yield to the desire of : humor.
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inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
expound | to set forth : state |
recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
connivance | the act of conniving |
gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |