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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mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
porouspossessing or full of pores
abscondto depart secretly and hide oneself
repulsionthe action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed
complementaryserving to fill out or complete
sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
orientationthe act or process of orienting or of being oriented
representationalone that represents: such as
tutelageinstruction especially of an individual
colloquyconversation