GRE Word List
ALLUDE
to make indirect reference
The meaning of the word allude is to make indirect reference.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| 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 |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |