GRE Word List
TOKEN
a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms
The meaning of the word token is a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms.
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| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
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| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
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