GRE Word List
INQUISITIVE
given to examination or investigation
The meaning of the word inquisitive is given to examination or investigation.
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| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| potentate | ruler |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |