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 |
|---|---|
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| warranted | sanction |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |