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
obduratestubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
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lingerto be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
missilecapable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object
trilogya series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme
demoniacpossessed or influenced by a demon
sledgesledgehammer
reconditedifficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep
rudimentaryconsisting in first principles : fundamental