GRE Word List
TRANSGRESSION
an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as
The meaning of the word transgression is an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the 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 |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |