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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| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |