GRE Word List

TAWNY

of the color tawny

The meaning of the word tawny is of the color tawny.

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WordMeaning
compulsionan act of compelling
penancean act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification
entrancepower or permission to enter : admission
euphoriaa feeling of well-being or elation
angularforming an angle : sharp-cornered
moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
orientto direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group
ballasta heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine)
waiveto relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily