GRE Word List
REBATE
to reduce the force or activity of : diminish
The meaning of the word rebate is to reduce the force or activity of : diminish.
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asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
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incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
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