GRE Word List
MENDICANT
beggar
The meaning of the word mendicant is beggar.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |