GRE Word List
REPUTABLE
enjoying good repute : held in esteem
The meaning of the word reputable is enjoying good repute : held in esteem.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| dire | exciting horror |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| distant | separated in space : away |