GRE Word List
ALLUDE
to make indirect reference
The meaning of the word allude is to make indirect reference.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |