GRE Word List
LOOKOUT
one engaged in keeping watch : watchman
The meaning of the word lookout is one engaged in keeping watch : watchman.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |