GRE Word List
ALLUDE
to make indirect reference
The meaning of the word allude is to make indirect reference.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| significant | having meaning |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |