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 |
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remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
gust | the sensation of taste |