GRE Word List
MAT
a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support
The meaning of the word mat is a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support.
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| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
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| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
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