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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| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
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| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
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| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |