GRE Word List
ALLUDE
to make indirect reference
The meaning of the word allude is to make indirect reference.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |