GRE Word List
MENIAL
a person doing menial work
The meaning of the word menial is a person doing menial work.
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| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
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| patent | open to public inspection |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| distend | extend |