GRE Word List
INITIATE
to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going
The meaning of the word initiate is to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going.
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| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
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| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
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| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
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