GRE Word List
CONNOISSEUR
expert
The meaning of the word connoisseur is expert.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| 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 |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |