GRE Word List
QUALIFY
to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify
The meaning of the word qualify is to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |