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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| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| abrasive | causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade |
| succor | relief |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |