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GRE

Saw

  1. Past tense of see.
  2. A proverb, a saying, an adage, a maxim, an apophthegm
  3. A tool used to cut.
  4. The act of cutting.
  5. A story.

The loquacious old man's speech was punctuated by saws. He often spoke of his work as a carpenter, sawing wood, and the different types of saws.

Actuarial

  1. Of or pertaining to an actuary; an accountant.
  2. Of or pertaining to statistical evaluation.

The actuary was hired to do actuarial analysis of the data.

Acarophobia

Fear of open, wide, large spaces.

Antonym: Claustrophobia.

Acetic

Acerbic, acidic, acidulous.

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH ascetic, meaning renunciate, or holy.

ALSO NOT TO BE CONFUSED with aesthetic: meaning beautiful or pleasing.

Accoutre

To equip.

Verb form is accoutrements: equipment.

Academic

  1. Of or pertaining to study or scholarship.
  2. Useless, of no practical use.

The knowledge obtained in academia is very academic.

Categorical

  1. Absolute, unconditional (as in, without limitations or conditions).
  2. pertaining to categories, or classification (Taxonomy - the science of classification).

Youth around the world have categorically stated that they stand for an intense campaign against climate change.

Abrogate

  1. To abolish, or cancel, by authoritative action.
  2. To ignore, treat as non-existant.

While citizens around the world wish to abrogate pollution, authorities abrogate their calls for action.

Precocious

  1. Exceptionally early in development or occurance (as in physical maturity).
  2. Exhibiting mature qualities at an early age (as in thinking abilities, etc.)

The pears from this tree were quite precocious this year, could it be due to global warming?

Ineluctable

Inevitable, unavoidable, inescapable.

He was ineluctable; no matter how hard we tried, we could not elude him.

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