GRE Word List
MAVERICK
an unbranded range animal
The meaning of the word maverick is an unbranded range animal.
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| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |