GRE Word List

CLIQUE

a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons

The meaning of the word clique is a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons.

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WordMeaning
ferventvery hot : glowing
regimena systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
sproutto grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict
mockto treat with contempt or ridicule : deride
reverendworthy of reverence : revered
flounderflatfish
reprobationthe act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated
knacka special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach