GRE Word List
ALLUDE
to make indirect reference
The meaning of the word allude is to make indirect reference.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |