GRE Word List
MENDICANT
beggar
The meaning of the word mendicant is beggar.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| versatile | embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |