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 |
|---|---|
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |