GRE Word List

SLEDGE

sledgehammer

The meaning of the word sledge is sledgehammer.

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etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
claviclea bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum
sticklerone who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something
willowyabounding with willows
flamboyantmarked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior
unimpeachablenot impeachable: such as
eventualcontingent
disputatiousinclined to dispute
nullifyto make null (see null
heterodoxcontrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox