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 |
|---|---|
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| aver | to declare positively |