GRE Word List

REFRAIN

curb

The meaning of the word refrain is curb.

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WordMeaning
imperialof, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor
congruencethe quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent
pantomimepantomimist
tillerone that tills : cultivator
impelto urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force
cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem
transposeto change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of
viablecapable of living
evanescenttending to vanish like vapor
sibyllineany 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)