GRE Word List

LANCE

a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry

The meaning of the word lance is a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry.

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apathylack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness
vernacularusing a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language
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