GRE Word List
LEVY
the imposition or collection of an assessment
The meaning of the word levy is the imposition or collection of an assessment.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| privy | private |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| welter | writhe |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| humdrum | monotonous |