GRE Word List
PHILATELIST
a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps
The meaning of the word philatelist is a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps.
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| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
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| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
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| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |