GRE Word List
ABERRANT
deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical
The meaning of the word aberrant is deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical.
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prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
filigree | ornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces |
smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |