GRE Word List
ACNE
a disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles
The meaning of the word acne is a disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles.
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| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
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| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |