GRE Word List

RETIRING

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The meaning of the word retiring is reserved.

Random words

WordMeaning
pedanticof, relating to, or being a pedant
frenziedfeeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
virulentmarked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course
vendettablood feud
leerysuspicious
flamboyantmarked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
horoscopea diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
putrescentundergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid