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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| Word | Meaning |
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| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |