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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|---|---|
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
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| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |