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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Word | Meaning |
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bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |