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 |
|---|---|
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| 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 |
| mogul | an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin |