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 |
|---|---|
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| 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 |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |