GRE Word List
PIECEMEAL
one piece at a time : gradually
The meaning of the word piecemeal is one piece at a time : gradually.
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vibrant | pulsating with life, vigor, or activity |
hallowed | holy |
sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
shambles | a meat market |
indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |