GRE Word List

LITTER

a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger

The meaning of the word litter is a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger.

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maimto mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously
prevalentgenerally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread
offensivemaking attack : aggressive
pastea dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls
fortuitousoccurring by chance
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archivesa place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved