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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isthmusa narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
unwarrantedlacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified
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pedantone who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge
propheticof, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
juxtaposeto place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
abominableworthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors
thematicof, relating to, or constituting a theme