GRE Word List
TEMPORIZE
to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion
The meaning of the word temporize is to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| gnome | maxim |
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| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
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