GRE Word List

TERMINAL

leading ultimately to death : fatal

The meaning of the word terminal is leading ultimately to death : fatal.

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WordMeaning
dissipateto break up and drive off
indicessigns; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index
inclusivebroad in orientation or scope
disparageto depreciate (see depreciate
engenderbeget
takeoffa rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket
precipitantprecipitate
tribunea Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates
indifferentmarked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic
amnesialoss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness