GRE Word List
MAR
to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
The meaning of the word mar is to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| declivity | downward inclination |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
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| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |