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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |