GRE Word List
BUCOLIC
of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral
The meaning of the word bucolic is of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| tout | to make much of : promote |