GRE Word List
REPOSE
a state of resting after exertion or strain
The meaning of the word repose is a state of resting after exertion or strain.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |