GRE Word List
PROXIMITY
the quality or state of being proximate : closeness
The meaning of the word proximity is the quality or state of being proximate : closeness.
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|---|---|
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
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| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
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| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
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| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |