GRE Word List
METTLE
vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament
The meaning of the word mettle is vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| intermediary | mediator |
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| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| demise | death |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |