GRE Word List
REVOKE
to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind
The meaning of the word revoke is to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| foliage | a representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for architectural ornamentation |
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