GRE Word List

MENDICANT

beggar

The meaning of the word mendicant is beggar.

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flinchto withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince
coquettea woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men
turgidexcessively embellished in style or language : bombastic
conspiracythe act of conspiring together
titillateto excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation
placateto soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease
underscoreto draw a line under : underline
abridgeto shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense
omnipotentalmighty
avalanchea large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice