GRE Word List
START
to move suddenly and violently : spring
The meaning of the word start is to move suddenly and violently : spring.
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| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| debonair | suave |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |