GRE Word List
TIPPLE
to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess
The meaning of the word tipple is to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |