GRE Word List
YOKEL
a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town
The meaning of the word yokel is a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town.
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| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
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| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
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| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
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