GRE Word List
CALCULATED
apt
The meaning of the word calculated is apt.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| viable | capable of living |