GRE Word List
ASININE
extremely or utterly foolish or silly
The meaning of the word asinine is extremely or utterly foolish or silly.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |