GRE Word List
SCAPEGOAT
a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
The meaning of the word scapegoat is a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur.
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| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
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| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
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| demented | mad |
| dour | stern |