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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| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
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| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
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