GRE Word List
RICKETY
affected with rickets
The meaning of the word rickety is affected with rickets.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |