GRE Word List

NOOSE

a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn

The meaning of the word noose is a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn.

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WordMeaning
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken
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citadela fortress that commands (see command
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extrapolationto predict by projecting past experience or known data
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