GRE Word List

REFRAIN

curb

The meaning of the word refrain is curb.

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WordMeaning
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
acumenkeenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters
thriveto grow vigorously : flourish
indictto charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law
enlivento give life, action, or spirit to : animate
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
bereavedsuffering the death of a loved one
bristlinga short stiff coarse hair or filament
boundfastened by or as if by a band : confined
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use