GRE Word List
MISOGAMY
hatred of marriage
The meaning of the word misogamy is hatred of marriage.
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| aplomb | poise; composure in difficult situations; assurance; self-confidence |
| jetsam | things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship) |
| benign | kindly; favorable; not malignant (disease); Ex. benign tumor |
| gallows | framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging) |
| solicitous | anxious; worried; concerned; eager; Ex. solicitous to do something; N. solicitude |
| incandescent | strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting visible light when heated; Ex. incandescent light bulb; CF. candle |
| clime | climate |
| granary | storehouse for grain |
| punctilious | minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points; stressing niceties of conduct or form; N. punctilio, punctiliousness: careful attention payed to every small exact detail |
| falter | hesitate; weaken in purpose or action; walk or move unsteadily through weakness; N. |
