GRE Word List
STOIC
a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c.
The meaning of the word stoic is a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c..
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| Word | Meaning |
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| desiccate | to dry up |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
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| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
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| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |