GRE Word List

MANGY

affected with or resulting from mange

The meaning of the word mangy is affected with or resulting from mange.

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WordMeaning
quashto suppress or extinguish summarily and completely
awryoff the correct or expected course : amiss
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
threatan expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage
martialof, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior
prescienceforeknowledge of events:
scoffan expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe
mutabilityprone to change : inconstant
raptlifted up and carried away
corollarya proposition (see proposition