GRE Word List
INGRAINED
forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated
The meaning of the word ingrained is forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |