GRE Word List
PANDEMIC
occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
The meaning of the word pandemic is occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| docile | easily taught |
| contrive | devise |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| subsistence | real being : existence |