GRE Word List
RETRENCH
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |