GRE Word List
TAWNY
of the color tawny
The meaning of the word tawny is of the color tawny.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |