GRE Word List
REPINE
to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain
The meaning of the word repine is to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |