GRE Word List
OUTLAW
a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law
The meaning of the word outlaw is a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| guileless | innocent |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| quarry | game |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |