GRE Word List
PLUCK
to pull or pick off or out
The meaning of the word pluck is to pull or pick off or out.
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choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
sift | to put through a sieve |
fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
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