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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shear | to cut off the hair from |
esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
wanton | merciless |
conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
bountiful | liberal or generous in bestowing gifts or favors |