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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|---|---|
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
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| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
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| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |