Gre Secondary Meanings

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alloy

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v. to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior; unalloyed means pure

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appropriate

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v. to take for one's own use, confiscate

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arrest, arresting

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v. adj. to suspend; to engage; holding one's attention: as in arrested adolescence, an arresting portrait

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august

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adj. majestic, venerable

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bent

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n. leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency: He had a naturally artistic bend.

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broach

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v. bring up, announce, begin to talk about

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brook

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v. to tolerate, endure, countenance

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cardinal

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adj. major, as in cardinal sin

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chauvinist

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n. a blindly devoted patriot

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color

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v. to change as if by dyeing, i.e. to distort, gloss or affect (usually the first) Yellow journalism colored the truth.

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consequential

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adj. pompous, self-important (primary definitions are: logically following; important)

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damp

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v. to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound

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die

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n. a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop

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essay

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v. to test or try; attempt, experiment; The newly born fawn essayed a few wobbly steps.

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exact

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v. to demand, call for, require, take: Even a victorious war exacts a heavy price.

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fell

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v. to cause to fall by striking: The lumberjacks arrived and felled many trees.

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fell

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adj. inhumanly cruel: Fell beasts surrounded the explorers.

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flag

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v. to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline: Think of a flag on a windless day, as in her flagging spirits.

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flip

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adj. sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant: a flip remark

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ford

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v. to wade across the shallow part of a river or a stream

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grouse

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v. to complain or grumble

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guy

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n.v. a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy: Think guide.

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intimate

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v. to imply, suggest, or insinuate: Are you intimating that I cannot be trusted?

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list

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v. to tilt or lean to one side: The ship's broken mast listed helplessly in the wind.

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lumber

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v. to move heavily and clumsily: Lumbering giants on land, walruses are actually graceful swimmers.

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meeting

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adj. fitting, proper: It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame.

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milk

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v. to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of: I milked the position for all it was worth.

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mince

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v. pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize, speak too carefully: Don't mince words. Also, to take tiny steps, tiptoe

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nice

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adj. exacting, fastidious, extremely precise: He made a nice distinction between the two cases.

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obtain

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adj. to be established, accepted, or customary: Those standards no longer obtain.

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occult

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adj. hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

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pedestrian

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adj. commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian

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pied

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adj. multicolored, usually in blotches: The Pied Piper of Hamlin was so called because of his multicolored coat.

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pine

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v. to lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn

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plastic

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adj. moldable, pliable, not rigid

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pluck

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n. courage, spunk, fortitude: Churchill's speeches inspired the pluck of his countrymen during the war.

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prize

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v. to pry, to process or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils: The information was prized from him.

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rail

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v. to harshly scould

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quail

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v. to lose courage, turn frightened

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qualify

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v. to limit: Let me qualify that statement.

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sap

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n. a fool or a nitwit: Don't be a sap!

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scurvy

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adj. contemptible, despicable: he was a scurvy old reprobate.

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singular

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adj. exceptional, usual, odd: He was singularly well-suited for the job.

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stand

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n. a group of trees

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steep

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v. to saturate or completely soak, as in to let a tea bag steep: She was steeped in esoteric knowledge.

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strut

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n. the supporting structural cross-part of a wing

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table

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v. to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration: They tabled the motion and will consider it again later.

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tender

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v. to proffer or offer: He tendered his resignation.

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waffle

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v. to equivocate; to change on'es position: His detractors say that the President waffles too much; he can never make up his mind.

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wag

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n. wit, joker: Groucho Marx was a well-known wag.