GRE Word List
YOKEL
rustic; country bumpkin;
The meaning of the word yokel is rustic; country bumpkin;.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
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| progeny | children; offspring; descendants |
| preeminent | outstanding; superior |
| resolution | determination; resoluteness; ADJ. resolute: firm or determined in purpose |
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| ransack | search thoroughly; pillage (going through a place); Ex. Enemy soldiers ransacked the town. |
| solemnity | seriousness; gravity |
| precise | exact |
| discomfit | frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb |
