GRE Word List
ZEPHYR
a breeze from the west
The meaning of the word zephyr is a breeze from the west.
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| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
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| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| whittle | a large knife |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |