GRE Word List
LEAVEN
a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
The meaning of the word leaven is a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |