GRE Word List
CHOREOGRAPHY
the art of symbolically representing dancing
The meaning of the word choreography is the art of symbolically representing dancing.
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| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| defalcate | deduct |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |