GRE Word List
MASTICATE
to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew
The meaning of the word masticate is to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew.
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| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
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| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
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| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
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| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
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| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |