GRE Word List

TANTAMOUNT

equivalent in value, significance, or effect

The meaning of the word tantamount is equivalent in value, significance, or effect.

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WordMeaning
outstripto go faster or farther than
volubleeasily rolling or turning : rotating
shedto rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted
outcastone that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah
slanderto utter slander against : defame
magnitudegreat size or extent
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
litotesunderstatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")
hybridan offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera
glacialsuggestive of ice: such as