GRE Word List
VINTNER
a wine merchant
The meaning of the word vintner is a wine merchant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
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| occident | west |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
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