GRE Word List
STURDY
firmly built or constituted : stout
The meaning of the word sturdy is firmly built or constituted : stout.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |