GRE Word List
COGNATE
of the same or similar nature : generically alike
The meaning of the word cognate is of the same or similar nature : generically alike.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |