GRE Word List
PEN
to shut in or as if in a pen
The meaning of the word pen is to shut in or as if in a pen.
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tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ยน/โโ part of pure gold in an alloy |
corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |