GRE Word List
OBLIGATORY
binding in law or conscience
The meaning of the word obligatory is binding in law or conscience.
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| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| intermediary | mediator |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
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