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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| wreak | bring about |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| monochromatic | having or consisting of one color or hue |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| boor | peasant |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |