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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devious | wandering |
calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
encumber | weigh down |
stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
prime | the second of the canonical hours |
fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |