GRE Word List
ALLUDE
to make indirect reference
The meaning of the word allude is to make indirect reference.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |