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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myriadten thousand
desertsarid land with usually sparse vegetation
bartererto trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services
macerateto cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting
prevalentgenerally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
despondentfeeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression
kineticof or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith