GRE Word List
ALLUDE
to make indirect reference
The meaning of the word allude is to make indirect reference.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contest | strive |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |