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 |
|---|---|
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| ensconce | shelter |