GRE Word List
PRONE
having a tendency or inclination : being likely
The meaning of the word prone is having a tendency or inclination : being likely.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| boor | peasant |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |