Here are 10 words for those who are preparing for GRE,
- Bard n. poet
- The ancient bard Homer sang of the fall of troy.
- Blunder n, v. error
- The criminal's fatal blunder led to his capture.
- Canto n. division of long poem
- Dante's poetic masterpiece "The Divine Comedy" is divided into cantos.
- Champion v, n. support militantly
- Martin Luther King Jr, won the Nobel Peace Prize because he championed the oppressed in their struggle for equality.
- collaborate v. work together
- Two writers collaborated in preparing this book.
- conglomeration n. mass of material sticking together
- In such a conglomeration of miscellaneous statistics, it was impossible to find the single areas of analysis.
- counterpart n. a thing that completes another; things very much alike
- Day and night are counterparts.
- deciduous adj. falling off, as of leaves.
- The oak is a deciduous tree.
- derogatory adj. expressing a low opinion
- Because the word Eskimo has come under strong attack in recent years for its supposedly derogatory connotations, many Americans today either avoid the term or feel uneasy using it.
- dishearten v. discourage
- His failure to pass the bar exam disheartened him.
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