GRE Word List
LATCH
to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms
The meaning of the word latch is to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms.
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| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
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| regime | regimen |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
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| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |