GRE Word List
SUITOR
one that petitions or entreats
The meaning of the word suitor is one that petitions or entreats.
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|---|---|
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
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| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
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| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |