GRE Word List
URGENT
calling for immediate attention : pressing
The meaning of the word urgent is calling for immediate attention : pressing.
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|---|---|
| dour | stern |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
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| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
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