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 |
|---|---|
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |