GRE Word List
ALLUDE
to make indirect reference
The meaning of the word allude is to make indirect reference.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| unsavory | insipid |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |