GRE Word List
ALLUDE
to make indirect reference
The meaning of the word allude is to make indirect reference.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |