GRE Word List
LINGER
to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry
The meaning of the word linger is to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| sublimate | sublime |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| forego | to go before : precede |