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 |
|---|---|
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |