GRE Word List

PARITY

the quality or state of being equal or equivalent

The meaning of the word parity is the quality or state of being equal or equivalent.

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etymologythe 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
whineto utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry
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turbulencethe quality or state of being turbulent: such as
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dictuma noteworthy statement: such as
unerringlycommitting no error : faultless
sojourna temporary stay