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 |
|---|---|
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| appease | pacify |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| veracious | truthful |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |