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 |
|---|---|
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| braid | to make from braids |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |