GRE Word List
RIVULET
a small stream
The meaning of the word rivulet is a small stream.
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rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
militate | to have weight or effect |
forte | one's strong point |
regicide | a person who kills a king |
impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |