GRE Word List

TRIBUTE

something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved

The meaning of the word tribute is something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved.

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WordMeaning
phalanxa body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files
permissivegranted on sufferance : tolerated
imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
poseura person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person
abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite
figurativerepresenting by a figure or resemblance : emblematic
nirvanathe final beatitude (see beatitude
enactto establish by legal and authoritative act
bickerpetulant quarreling : altercation