GRE Word List
MENDICANT
beggar
The meaning of the word mendicant is beggar.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| concentric | having a common center |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |