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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| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |