GRE Word List
INEXTRICABLE
forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free
The meaning of the word inextricable is forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |