GRE Word List
BANK
a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as
The meaning of the word bank is a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| attentive | mindful |
| 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 |
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| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |