GRE Word List
CONNOISSEUR
expert
The meaning of the word connoisseur is expert.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rift | fissure |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |