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10 Words With Secondary Meanings You Must Know For The GRE: 1. Tender

1. The document discusses 10 words that have secondary meanings important to know for the GRE: tender, intimate, wanting, becoming, start, fleece, telling, wax, check, and qualify. 2. Tender means to offer up, intimate means to suggest subtly, wanting means lacking, becoming means matching nicely, and start means to suddenly move or dart. 3. Fleece means to deceive, telling means significant and stands out, wax means to increase, and check means to limit growth. Qualify means to limit, especially used to modify statements or opinions.

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10 Words With Secondary Meanings You Must Know For The GRE: 1. Tender

1. The document discusses 10 words that have secondary meanings important to know for the GRE: tender, intimate, wanting, becoming, start, fleece, telling, wax, check, and qualify. 2. Tender means to offer up, intimate means to suggest subtly, wanting means lacking, becoming means matching nicely, and start means to suddenly move or dart. 3. Fleece means to deceive, telling means significant and stands out, wax means to increase, and check means to limit growth. Qualify means to limit, especially used to modify statements or opinions.

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10 Words with Secondary Meanings You Must Know

for the GRE


some of the most common secondary meanings in GRE vocabulary.
1. Tender
Tender is a verb, and it does not mean to behave tenderly. When you tender, something you
offer it up. For instance, when you tender your resignation, you hand in a piece of paper
saying that you are resigning.
2. Intimate
Just as tender doesnt relate to two people in love, neither does intimate, at least on the
GRE. The secondary meaning for intimate is to suggest something subtly.
3. Wanting
Wanting means lacking. So, if your knowledge of secondary meanings is wanting, this post
is a perfect place to start learning.
4. Becoming
Another secondary meaning that changes parts of speech, becoming an adjective. If
something is becoming, it matches nicely.
Her dress was becoming and made her look even more beautiful.
5. Start
The secondary meaning for start is somewhat similar to the common meaning. To start is to
suddenly move or dart in a particular direction.
6. Fleece
If you are thinking Mary Had a Little Lamb (fleece as white as snow), you have been
fleeced by a secondary meaning. To fleece is to deceive.
7. Telling
If something is telling, it is significant and stands out.

Her unbecoming dress was very telling when it came to her sense of fashion.
8. Wax
Melting wax will only lead you astray. The secondary meaning for wax is to increase. The
opposite of wax is to wane.
9. Check
To check is to limit, and is usually used to modify the growth of something.
When government abuses are not kept in check, a ruling body is likely to become
autocratic.
10. Qualify
This is perhaps the most commonly confused secondary meaning and the one that is most
important to learn for the GRE. To qualify is to limit, and is usually used in the context of a
statement or an opinion.
I love San Francisco.
I love San Francisco, but it is always windy.
The first statement shows my unqualified love for San Francisco. In the second statement I
qualify, or limit, my love for San Francisco.
In the context of the GRE, the concept of qualification is usually found in the reading
comprehension passage. For example, an author usually expresses qualified approval or
some qualified opinion in the passage. As you may have noticed, the authors of reading
comprehension passages never feel 100% about something. They always think in a nuanced
fashion. Therefore, they are unlikely to be gung-ho or downright contemptuous. That is,
they qualify, or limit, their praise/approval/disapproval.

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