GRE Word List
COLLATE
to compare critically
The meaning of the word collate is to compare critically.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| 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 |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |