GRE Word List
REMITTANCE
a sum of money remitted
The meaning of the word remittance is a sum of money remitted.
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|---|---|
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
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| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
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| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
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