GRE Word List
MENDICANT
beggar
The meaning of the word mendicant is beggar.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |