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 |
|---|---|
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| grotto | cave |
| lax | loose |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |