GRE Word List

MEDITATION

a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation

The meaning of the word meditation is a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation.

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WordMeaning
comportto be fitting : accord
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ambushto attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
compulsionan act of compelling
quackto make the characteristic cry of a duck
goadto incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad
avantgardegroup of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard
covenanta usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact
perpetuateto make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely