GRE Word List
MODULATE
to tune to a key or pitch
The meaning of the word modulate is to tune to a key or pitch.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| paltry | inferior |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |