GRE Word List

CLIMACTIC

of, relating to, or constituting a climax

The meaning of the word climactic is of, relating to, or constituting a climax.

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WordMeaning
complacencyself-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
aphorisma concise statement of a principle
blareto sound loud and strident
felicitythe quality or state of being happy
lotan object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with
sublimatesublime
unrequitednot requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind
megalomaniaa mania (see mania
pernicioushighly injurious or destructive : deadly
dispassionatenot influenced by strong feeling