GRE Word List
QUALMS
a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety
The meaning of the word qualms is a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| privy | private |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
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