GRE Word List

CREDO

a guiding belief or principle : creed

The meaning of the word credo is a guiding belief or principle : creed.

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WordMeaning
juncturea point of time
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
misnomerthe misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
deferencerespect and esteem due a superior or an elder
authoritativehaving, marked by, or proceeding from authority
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
suppressto put down by authority or force : subdue
bombasticmarked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous
invoketo petition for help or support
crevicea narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure