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 |
|---|---|
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| cardiologist | the study of the heart and its action and diseases |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |