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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purchaseto obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy
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abdicateto renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function
hardybold
tethera line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement
salvagecompensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck
tribunea Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates
glowto shine with or as if with an intense heat
factitiousproduced by humans rather than by natural forces
blemishto spoil by a flaw