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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| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |