GRE Word List
OBTRUDE
to thrust out : extrude
The meaning of the word obtrude is to thrust out : extrude.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |