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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| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
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| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| viand | an item of food |
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| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |