GRE Word List
RETRENCH
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| exude | to ooze out |
| unkempt | not combed |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| quorum | a select group |