GRE Word List

DEPICT

to represent by or as if by a picture

The meaning of the word depict is to represent by or as if by a picture.

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WordMeaning
vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
sanctuarya consecrated place: such as
conformitycorrespondence in form, manner, or character : agreement
piecemealone piece at a time : gradually
disconsolatecheerless
squatto cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground
comityfriendly social atmosphere : social harmony
coupa 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
fiatan authoritative or arbitrary order : decree
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin