GRE Word List
TAWNY
of the color tawny
The meaning of the word tawny is of the color tawny.
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| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| swill | wash |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |