GRE Word List
CULMINATION
the action of culminating
The meaning of the word culmination is the action of culminating.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |