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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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the 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 |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| skimp | skimpy |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |