GRE Word List
SUPPLICATE
to make a humble entreaty
The meaning of the word supplicate is to make a humble entreaty.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| regime | regimen |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
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| wreak | bring about |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |