GRE Word List
TRYST
an agreement (as between lovers) to meet
The meaning of the word tryst is an agreement (as between lovers) to meet.
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|---|---|
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
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| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
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