GRE Word List
SURROGATE
one appointed to act in place of another : deputy
The meaning of the word surrogate is one appointed to act in place of another : deputy.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| irate | roused to ire |
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| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |