GRE Word List

RAIL

a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier

The meaning of the word rail is a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier.

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virilehaving traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree
epiloguea concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work
adjunctsomething joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
seduceto persuade to disobedience or disloyalty
complaisantmarked by an inclination to please or oblige
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
timbrethe quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as
chagrindisquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure
flinchto withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince
dys-abnormal