GRE Word List
TENURE
the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office)
The meaning of the word tenure is the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nurture | training |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| colloquy | conversation |