GRE Word List

REVERT

to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject)

The meaning of the word revert is to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject).

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harryto make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault
providentfrugal
mundaneof, relating to, or characteristic of the world
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serebeing dried and withered
engageto offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end
unrequitednot requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
arboretuma place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes
protrudeto jut out from the surrounding surface or context