GRE Word List
RICKETY
affected with rickets
The meaning of the word rickety is affected with rickets.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |