GRE Word List
UNDERMINE
to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly
The meaning of the word undermine is to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly.
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|---|---|
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
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| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
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