GRE Word List
COGNITIVE
of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering)
The meaning of the word cognitive is of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering).
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| tome | book |
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| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| overthrow | overturn |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
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