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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| pitfall | trap |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
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| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| progeny | descendants |
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| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |