GRE Word List
VEHEMENT
marked by forceful energy : powerful
The meaning of the word vehement is marked by forceful energy : powerful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| wanton | merciless |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |