GRE Word List

THRALL

a state of servitude or submission

The meaning of the word thrall is a state of servitude or submission.

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WordMeaning
objectiveexpressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations
endemicbelonging or native to a particular people or country
manumitto release from slavery
recriminationa retaliatory accusation
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
impassivegiving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
doldrumsa spell of listlessness or despondency
fringean ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band
plummetto fall perpendicularly