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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WordMeaning
subsidiaryfurnishing aid or support : auxiliary
championa winner of first prize or first place in competition
dichotomya division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities
swarma great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere
discombobulatedcharacterized by confusion or disorder
suffuseto spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush
amputateto remove by or as if by cutting
bellicosefavoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
contrivancea thing contrived
riveta headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head