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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| trenchant | keen |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |