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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |