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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |