GRE Word List
WAN
suggestive of poor health : sickly
The meaning of the word wan is suggestive of poor health : sickly.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |