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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truncateto shorten by or as if by cutting off
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
vassala person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant
enduringlasting
gibberishunintelligible or meaningless language:
astutehaving or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
vainhaving or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
mangleto injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing