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GRE Word List # GRE/W237

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Description of cataract (noun: cataracts)
a large waterfall



   
Description of retort (noun: retorts)
a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat



   
Description of musty (adjective: mustier; mustiest)
stale and unclean smelling; frowsty



   
Description of equivocate (verb: equivocated; equivocated; equivocating)
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information; tergiversate; prevaricate; palter



   
Description of prosperity (noun)
the condition of prospering



   
Description of ethnology (noun)
the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution



   
Description of mustelid (noun)
fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals; musteline



   
Description of deciduous (adjective)
shedding foliage at the end of the growing season (of plants and shrubs)



   
Description of chapeau (noun)
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; lid



   
Description of undoable (adjective)
impossible to achieve; unrealizable



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