GRE Word List

CLIQUE

a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons

The meaning of the word clique is a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons.

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grandeurthe quality or state of being grand : magnificence
notcha V-shaped indentation
sextantan instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude)
passiveacted upon by an external agency
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
attireto put garments on : dress
reproachan expression of rebuke or disapproval
impiousnot pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent
gallowsa frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged