GRE Word List
INVETERATE
confirmed in a habit : habitual
The meaning of the word inveterate is confirmed in a habit : habitual.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| chafe | irritate |