GRE Word List

PARIAH

a member of a low caste of southern India

The meaning of the word pariah is a member of a low caste of southern India.

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entailto impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
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hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
infernalof or relating to a nether world of the dead
ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
vertexthe top of the head
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