GRE Word List

UNWONTED

being out of the ordinary : rare

The meaning of the word unwonted is being out of the ordinary : rare.

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inherentinvolved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
grovelto creep with the face to the ground : crawl
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
bastiona projecting part of a fortification
notorietythe quality or state of being notorious
incorrigibleincapable of being corrected or amended: such as
quislingtraitor