GRE Word List
MIRAGE
an optical (see optical
The meaning of the word mirage is an optical (see optical.
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| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |