GRE Word List
INTOLERANT
unable or unwilling to endure
The meaning of the word intolerant is unable or unwilling to endure.
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| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
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| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
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