GRE Word List

VERSATILE

embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills

The meaning of the word versatile is embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills.

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WordMeaning
antithesisthe direct opposite
embodyto give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate
throttleto compress the throat of : choke
mortara sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle
avertto turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance
warrantya real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
auroraldawn
quackto make the characteristic cry of a duck
gradationa series forming successive stages