GRE Word List
MURKY
characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke
The meaning of the word murky is characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke.
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| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
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| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| prowess | distinguished bravery |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |