GRE Word List
MORGUE
a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
The meaning of the word morgue is a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
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| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| gnome | maxim |