GRE Word List
MURMUR
a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling
The meaning of the word murmur is a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| parlance | speech |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| ploy | escapade |
| microcosm | a little world |
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