GRE Word List

LUNAR

crescent

The meaning of the word lunar is crescent.

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WordMeaning
thwartto oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
grottocave
servileof or befitting a menial position
appreciateto grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of
hirelinga person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives
temperatehaving a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature
moresthe fixed morally binding customs of a particular group
prelatean ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank
waneto decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle