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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infinitesimalimmeasurably or incalculably small
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yieldto bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation
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