GRE Word List
ORDEAL
a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
The meaning of the word ordeal is a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| clime | climate |
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| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
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| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
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| inanimate | not animate: |