GRE Word List
PRUDENT
characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as
The meaning of the word prudent is characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| endue | provide |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |