GRE Word List # GRE/M193

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Word Explanations refractory, wane, hermetic, contiguous, lethal, posterity, petulant, nonionized, scamper, floridity

Explanation of refractory (adjective)
stubborn; obstinate

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Explanation of wane (verb)
forms: waned; waned; waning
decrease in phase

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Explanation of hermetic (adjective)
sealed by fusion so as to be airtight; obscure and mysterious; occult

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Explanation of contiguous (adjective)
having a common boundary or edge

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Explanation of lethal (adjective)
of an instrument of certain death

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Explanation of posterity (noun)
all future generations

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Explanation of petulant (adjective)
forms: more petulant; most petulant
easily irritated or annoyed; fractious; irritable; nettlesome; peevish

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Explanation of nonionized (adjective)
not converted into ions; unionized; unionised; nonionic

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Explanation of scamper (noun)
rushing about hastily in an undignified way; scurry

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Explanation of floridity (noun)
extravagant elaborateness; showiness

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Meaning of wane, hermetic, lethal, posterity