GRE Word List
MENDICANT
beggar
The meaning of the word mendicant is beggar.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| swill | wash |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |