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 |
|---|---|
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |