GRE Word List

MUTE

unable to speak : lacking the power of speech

The meaning of the word mute is unable to speak : lacking the power of speech.

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ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
missivea written communication : letter
askancewith disapproval or distrust : scornfully
tranquillitythe quality or state of being tranquil
imbibedrink
exertionthe act or an instance of exerting
spurnto reject with disdain or contempt : scorn
rhetoricthe art of speaking or writing effectively: such as
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
persevereto persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement