GRE Word List

YOKE

a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together

The meaning of the word yoke is a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

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pithyconsisting of or abounding in pith
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trilogya series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme
tactfulhaving or showing tact
meddlesomegiven to meddling
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analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
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