GRE Word List
TENANCY
a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate
The meaning of the word tenancy is a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| pugilist | fighter |
| fulcrum | prop |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |