GRE Word List
DENOTATION
an act or process of denoting
The meaning of the word denotation is an act or process of denoting.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |