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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| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
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| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |