GRE Word List
PALPITATE
to beat rapidly and strongly : throb
The meaning of the word palpitate is to beat rapidly and strongly : throb.
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| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
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| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
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