GRE Word List
MUSKY
having an odor of or resembling musk
The meaning of the word musky is having an odor of or resembling musk.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |