GRE Word List
RIGOR
harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity
The meaning of the word rigor is harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity.
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| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
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| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |