GRE Word List
NETHER
lower; Ex. nether garments/regions
The meaning of the word nether is lower; Ex. nether garments/regions.
Random words
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executive | person having administrative authority; one branch of government executing laws; ADJ: relating to executing |
prototype | original work used as a model by others |
empathy | ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc.; identification with and understanding of another's feelings; V. empathize; CF. sympathy |
delete | erase; strike out |
servitude | slavery; compulsory labor imposed as a punishment |
flounder | struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter (as in water, mud, snow, etc.); proceed in confusion |
resign | give up (a position, right, or claim); submit (oneself) passively |
paraphrase | restate a passage in one's own words while retaining thought of author; N: restatement of a text in other words |
chasten | discipline; punish in order to correct; CF. castigate |
cavil | quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily |