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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illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
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 |
ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
unfetter | to free from fetters |