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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| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| raspy | harsh |
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| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
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