GRE Word List

MENDICANT

beggar

The meaning of the word mendicant is beggar.

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WordMeaning
rantto talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
pestlea usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration
ewethe female of the sheep especially when mature
warblea melodious succession of low pleasing sounds
decantto draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
sardonicdisdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking
haggardnot tamed
subalternparticular with reference to a related universal proposition
warrantsanction