GRE Word List
QUARANTINE
a period of 40 days
The meaning of the word quarantine is a period of 40 days.
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|---|---|
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| collected | gathered together |
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| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
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| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |