GRE Word List

MENDICANT

beggar

The meaning of the word mendicant is beggar.

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potpourria mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent
energizeto make energetic, vigorous, or active
swelterto suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat
schismdivision
halcyoncharacterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden
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florescencea state or period of flourishing
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