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 |
|---|---|
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |