GRE Word List
KNOTTY
marked by or full of knots
The meaning of the word knotty is marked by or full of knots.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |