GRE Word List
PROCLIVITY
an inclination or predisposition toward something
The meaning of the word proclivity is an inclination or predisposition toward something.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |