GRE Word List
TREAD
to step or walk on or over
The meaning of the word tread is to step or walk on or over.
Random words
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|---|---|
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
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| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| motley | variegated in color |
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| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |