GRE Word List
ALLUDE
to make indirect reference
The meaning of the word allude is to make indirect reference.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| rotunda | a round building |