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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prodigalcharacterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish
importuneto press or urge with troublesome persistence
humblenot proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive
jocularsaid or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful
qualifiedfitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
inditemake up
grievancea cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance
elatedmarked by high spirits : exultant