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 |
|---|---|
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| spoof | deceive |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| frail | easily led into evil |