GRE Word List
VINDICATE
to free from allegation or blame
The meaning of the word vindicate is to free from allegation or blame.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |