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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| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| invalid | not valid: |