GRE Word List
QUIVER
a case for carrying or holding arrows
The meaning of the word quiver is a case for carrying or holding arrows.
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| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
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| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
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