GRE Word List
REQUISITE
needed for a particular purpose : essential
The meaning of the word requisite is needed for a particular purpose : essential.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
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| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| skimp | skimpy |
| irate | roused to ire |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
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