GRE Word List
STAMMER
to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter
The meaning of the word stammer is to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
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| haggard | not tamed |
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| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |