GRE Word List
MONGREL
an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed
The meaning of the word mongrel is an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed.
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| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |