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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|---|---|
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
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| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
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| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| slaughter | the act of killing |