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 |
|---|---|
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| inanimate | not animate: |