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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WordMeaning
decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
amalgama mixture of different elements
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
recipientone that receives : receiver
ratifyto approve and sanction formally : confirm
lineagedescent in a line from a common progenitor
sophisticateddeprived of native or original simplicity: such as
detrimentalobviously harmful : damaging
bemoanto express deep grief or distress over
beneficialproducing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit