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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WordMeaning
misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
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ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
pestilentialcausing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly
bitinghaving the power to bite
confidencea feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances
matrixsomething within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form
cavaliermarked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain
welterwrithe
ceremoniousdevoted to forms and ceremony