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 |
|---|---|
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| preamble | an introductory statement |