GRE Word List

JEOPARDIZE

to expose to danger or risk : imperil

The meaning of the word jeopardize is to expose to danger or risk : imperil.

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WordMeaning
propheticof, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
defectionconscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion
preludean introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter
averto declare positively
randoma haphazard course
incipientbeginning to come into being or to become apparent
denounceto pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
cessationa temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop