GRE Word List

INORDINATE

exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate

The meaning of the word inordinate is exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate.

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hacklesone of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird
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stippleto engrave by means of dots and flicks
constitutionthe basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it
leonineof, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
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archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
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