GRE Word List
QUISLING
traitor
The meaning of the word quisling is traitor.
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chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |