GRE Word List
MINATORY
having a menacing quality
The meaning of the word minatory is having a menacing quality.
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| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
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| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
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