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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| plait | pleat |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |