GRE Word List

VISCOUS

having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid

The meaning of the word viscous is having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid.

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defileto make unclean or impure: such as
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conundruman intricate and difficult problem
imperilto bring into peril : endanger
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