GRE Word List
PLIGHT
to put or give in pledge : engage
The meaning of the word plight is to put or give in pledge : engage.
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|---|---|
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |