GRE Word List
TRIGGER
a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it
The meaning of the word trigger is a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
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| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| distend | extend |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
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| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |