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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| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |