GRE Word List

RAFFLE

to engage in a raffle

The meaning of the word raffle is to engage in a raffle.

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ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
contrivedevise
formalitycompliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony
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