GRE Word List
PROXY
the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another
The meaning of the word proxy is the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| sentinel | sentry |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| scintilla | spark |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |