GRE Word List

LIVID

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The meaning of the word livid is discolored by bruising : black-and-blue.

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severitythe quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh
matriculateto enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university
stoica member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c.
engageto offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end
disquisitiona formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse
catharticof, relating to, or producing catharsis
fleeta number of warships under a single command
gerrymanderthe act or method of gerrymandering
skirmisha minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans