GRE Word List

BOOKISH

of or relating to books

The meaning of the word bookish is of or relating to books.

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confinesomething (such as borders or walls) that encloses
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
partisana firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person
brawnymuscular
analgesican agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
disburseto pay out : expend especially from a fund
concorda state of agreement : harmony
chastiseto censure severely : castigate
pathosan element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion