GRE Word List

PENDANT

something suspended: such as

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

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WordMeaning
importto bring from a foreign or external source: such as
apexthe uppermost point : vertex
cavaliermarked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain
vauntedhighly or widely praised or boasted about
physiognomythe art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance
regattaa rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races
recurrentrunning or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
grislyinspiring horror or intense fear
divergeto move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart