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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slewa large number
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
contaminateto soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association
preponderancea superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength
heydaythe period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity
affrontto insult especially to the face by behavior or language
deployto extend (a military unit) especially in width
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
depredationto lay waste : plunder
larcenythe unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently