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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cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
idolatrythe worship of a physical object as a god
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squashto press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush
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nomadicof, relating to, or characteristic of nomads