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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prosperitythe condition of being successful or thriving
circumventto manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
assayto analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components
sobernot intoxicated
siftto put through a sieve
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
frockan outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit
stygianof or relating to the river Styx