GRE Word List # GRE/W256

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Word Descriptions staccato, sublime, mercantile, porous, incandescent, deranged, partisan, twee, infernal, rapacious

Description of staccato (adjective)
detached; having distinct breaks between successive tones

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Description of sublime (adjective: sublimer; sublimest)
exalted; noble; lofty

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Description of mercantile (adjective)
relating to or characteristic of trade or traders

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Description of porous (adjective: more porous; most porous)
allowing passage in and out

Determination of porous
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Description of incandescent (adjective)
characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance

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Description of deranged (adjective)
driven insane; half-crazed

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Description of partisan (adjective)
devoted to a cause or party

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Description of twee (adjective)
affectedly dainty or refined; niminy-piminy; prim

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Description of infernal (adjective)
being of the underworld

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Description of rapacious (adjective)
devouring or craving food in great quantities; ravening; ravenous; voracious; wolfish

Determination of rapacious
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Determinations of the words staccato, sublime, mercantile, porous, incandescent, deranged, partisan, twee, infernal, rapacious

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Definition of staccato, sublime, mercantile, porous, incandescent, deranged