GRE Word List
SLITHER
to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface
The meaning of the word slither is to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface.
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| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
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| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
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| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
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