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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| brawny | muscular |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |