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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
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| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
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| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| whittle | a large knife |
| progeny | descendants |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |