GRE Word List
SEVER
to put or keep apart : divide
The meaning of the word sever is to put or keep apart : divide.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |