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 |
|---|---|
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |