GRE Word List
CREST
a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration
The meaning of the word crest is a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| fleck | streak |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |