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GRE Word List # GRE/W205

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Description of luminary (noun: luminaries)
a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; guiding light; notable; notability



   
Description of venerable (adjective)
profoundly honored



   
Description of caption (noun)
brief description accompanying an illustration



   
Description of blowhard (noun)
a very boastful and talkative person; boaster; line-shooter; vaunter



   
Description of overbearing (adjective)
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; imperious; lordly; prideful; sniffy; supercilious; swaggering

Determination of overbearing
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Description of preponderance (noun)
exceeding in heaviness

Determination of preponderance
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Description of unmedical (adjective)
not having a medicinal effect or not medically prescribed; nonmedicinal



   
Description of abdominous (adjective)
having a large belly; paunchy; potbellied



   
Description of welter (verb: weltered; weltered; weltering)
be immersed in



   
Description of craven (adjective)
lacking even the rudiments of courage



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