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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |