GRE Word List
PESTLE
a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration
The meaning of the word pestle is a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration.
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mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
politic | political |
canter | one who uses cant: such as |
legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |