GRE Word List

CAPACIOUS

containing or capable of containing a great deal

The meaning of the word capacious is containing or capable of containing a great deal.

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blotchto mark or mar with blotches
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
adagea saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation
remitto lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly
apothecaryone who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes
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providentfrugal
unaccountablenot to be accounted for : inexplicable
litotesunderstatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")
spoofdeceive