GRE Word List
RUTHLESS
having no pity : merciless
The meaning of the word ruthless is having no pity : merciless.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| duration | continuance in time |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
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| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |