GRE Word List

YORE

time past and especially long past

The meaning of the word yore is time past and especially long past.

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purchaseto obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy
quaffto drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously
cavaliermarked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain
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legatoin a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones)
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