GRE Word List

SENTINEL

sentry

The meaning of the word sentinel is sentry.

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WordMeaning
counterpartone of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate
outstripto go faster or farther than
curban edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter
cardinala high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college
desolatedevoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted
hazymade dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze
constituenta member of a constituency
egoisma doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action
dissembleto hide under a false appearance
preemptto acquire (something, such as land) by preemption