GRE Word List
PARRY
to ward off a weapon or blow
The meaning of the word parry is to ward off a weapon or blow.
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|---|---|
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| reek | smoke |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |