GRE Word List
ALLUDE
to make indirect reference
The meaning of the word allude is to make indirect reference.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hurl | rush |
| impuissance | weakness |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |