GRE Word List
ALLUDE
to make indirect reference
The meaning of the word allude is to make indirect reference.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |