GRE Word List
MOTE
a small particle : speck
The meaning of the word mote is a small particle : speck.
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|---|---|
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| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| demerit | offense |