GRE Word List

SALUTARY

producing a beneficial effect : remedial

The meaning of the word salutary is producing a beneficial effect : remedial.

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obsidiana dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava
muggybeing warm, damp, and close
admonishto indicate duties or obligations to
penetrateto pass into or through
pertsaucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
peerone that is of equal standing with another : equal
cullto select from a group : choose
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
franchisethe right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory
callousbeing hardened and thickened