GRE Word List
RUDDY
having a healthy reddish color
The meaning of the word ruddy is having a healthy reddish color.
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| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |