GRE Word List
PARALLELISM
the quality or state of being parallel
The meaning of the word parallelism is the quality or state of being parallel.
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| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |