GRE Word List
CONNOTATION
something suggested by a word or thing : implication
The meaning of the word connotation is something suggested by a word or thing : implication.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| crass | gross |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |