GRE Word List
CULL
to select from a group : choose
The meaning of the word cull is to select from a group : choose.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| 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 |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |