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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| whittle | a large knife |
| oversee | survey |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |