GRE Word List
COTERIE
an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose
The meaning of the word coterie is an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose.
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hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
victuals | food usable by people |
frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
compulsory | mandatory |
indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |