GRE Word List

PALLID

deficient in color : wan

The meaning of the word pallid is deficient in color : wan.

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feuda mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate
broochan ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
incoherentlacking coherence: such as
soliloquythe act of talking to oneself
pinchto squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument
arbitraryexisting or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will
shunto avoid deliberately and especially habitually
archaeologythe scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher