GRE Word List
BLASE
apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary
The meaning of the word blase is apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary.
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| 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 |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| sheer | unqualified |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |