GRE Word List
PALLID
deficient in color : wan
The meaning of the word pallid is deficient in color : wan.
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|---|---|
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
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| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
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| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |