GRE Word List
MANIPULATE
to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner
The meaning of the word manipulate is to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner.
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| brochure | pamphlet |
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| emanate | to come out from a source |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| leery | suspicious |
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