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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| Word | Meaning |
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| ovation | a 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 |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| imbibe | drink |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| scapegoat | a 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 |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |