GRE Word List
ROOSTER
an adult male domestic chicken
The meaning of the word rooster is an adult male domestic chicken.
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| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
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| mischance | bad luck |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
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| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
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| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |