GRE Word List
PRIVY
private
The meaning of the word privy is private.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |