GRE Word List

PENDANT

something suspended: such as

The meaning of the word pendant is something suspended: such as.

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WordMeaning
pernicioushighly injurious or destructive : deadly
cessiona yielding to another : concession
clipencompass
waiveto relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily
explicitfully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent
repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
projectilea body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia
exacerbateto make more violent, bitter, or severe
circumventto manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
pandemicoccurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population