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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| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
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| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
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| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |