GRE Word List
WITHDRAWN
removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated
The meaning of the word withdrawn is removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| provenance | origin |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |