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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havocwide and general destruction : devastation
lachrymosegiven to tears or weeping : tearful
impoliticnot politic : unwise
grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
hermitagethe habitation of a hermit
nirvanathe final beatitude (see beatitude
clapto strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise
relevanthaving significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
allegeto assert without proof or before proving