GRE Word List
SPATULA
a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting
The meaning of the word spatula is a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting.
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chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
monotony | tedious sameness |
unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
slapdash | haphazard |
disconcert | to throw into confusion |
divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
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