GRE Word List
VALEDICTION
an act of bidding farewell
The meaning of the word valediction is an act of bidding farewell.
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| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| broach | brooch |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |