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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execrateto declare to be evil or detestable : denounce
exhaleto rise or be given off as vapor
mustera representative specimen (see specimen
nauticalof, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships
distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
litigationthe act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating
whineto utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry
underhandin a clandestine manner
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pedestriancommonplace