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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incompatible | not compatible: such as |
oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
pantomime | pantomimist |
bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
mortician | undertaker |
skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |