GRE Word List
SCHOLARLY
of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned
The meaning of the word scholarly is of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| privy | private |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |