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Arrant
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is abnegate. Does it mean:
| authoritative permission or approval, as for an action; something that serves to support an action or condition |
| refuse or deny oneself |
Example Sentences
- But more deplorable is his arrant and compulsive hypocrisy.
- To call it a manifest triumph would be arrant stinginess with words.
- Contrary to appearances, the cause is not simply a sorry case of arrant self-righteousness.
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arrant
late 14c., variant of errant (q.v.); at first merely derogatory, then (1550) acquiring a meaning "thoroughgoing, downright, notorious."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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