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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WordMeaning
baffleto defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert
weirdof strange or extraordinary character : odd
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demurereserved
fluencythe quality or state of being fluent
miscellaneousconsisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous
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shearto cut off the hair from
equineof, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea