GRE Word List
STEEP
lofty
The meaning of the word steep is lofty.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| contest | strive |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |