GRE Word List
RAMIFY
to split up into branches or constituent parts
The meaning of the word ramify is to split up into branches or constituent parts.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| provenance | origin |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| welter | writhe |
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |