GRE Word List
CONTEXT
the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning
The meaning of the word context is the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| delve | excavate |