GRE Word List
RAPPORT
a friendly, harmonious relationship
The meaning of the word rapport is a friendly, harmonious relationship.
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| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |