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 |
|---|---|
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| chafe | irritate |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |