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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indiscriminatenot marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment
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petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
procurementthe act or process of procuring
mannerismexaggerated or affected (see affected
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distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
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