GRE Word List
SENTENTIOUS
given to or abounding in aphoristic expression
The meaning of the word sententious is given to or abounding in aphoristic expression.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| decipher | decode |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |