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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| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |