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 |
|---|---|
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| etymology | the 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 |
| diva | prima donna |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |