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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| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| entity | being |
| cipher | zero |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |