GRE Word List
RETRENCH
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |