GRE Word List

LABYRINTH

a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys

The meaning of the word labyrinth is a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys.

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WordMeaning
fettera chain or shackle for the feet
mediateoccupying a middle position
purveyorone that purveys
wangleto resort to trickery or devious methods
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
forda shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading
dementedmad
mulctfine
superfluousexceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra
maneuvera military or naval movement