GRE Word List
RAMIFICATION
branch
The meaning of the word ramification is branch.
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foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
dilute | attenuate |
spate | freshet |
penchant | a strong and continued inclination |