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 |
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| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| patent | open to public inspection |