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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |