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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enactto establish by legal and authoritative act
subalternparticular with reference to a related universal proposition
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warblea melodious succession of low pleasing sounds
viandan item of food
extrapolationto predict by projecting past experience or known data
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hortatoryhortative
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