GRE Word List
MENDICANT
beggar
The meaning of the word mendicant is beggar.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |