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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |