GRE Word List

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WordMeaning
rejuvenateto make young or youthful again : give new vigor to
analgesiainsensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
decorousmarked by propriety and good taste : correct
prominentstanding out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant
cardiologistthe study of the heart and its action and diseases
holstera leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle
passepast one's prime
uniquebeing the only one : sole
convergeto tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet
torpedoa weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as