GRE Word List

ACADEMIC

of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning

The meaning of the word academic is of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning.

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dismemberto cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of
decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
circumlocutionthe use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
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