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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| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
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| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |