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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |