GRE Word List

LATITUDE

angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as

The meaning of the word latitude is angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as.

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WordMeaning
campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
mausoleuma large tomb
adulterateto corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
impassableincapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted
marshala high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces
formalitycompliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
mentora friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus
clapperone that claps: such as