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 |
|---|---|
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| contest | strive |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |