GRE Word List
DICTUM
a noteworthy statement: such as
The meaning of the word dictum is a noteworthy statement: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| realm | kingdom |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| gnarl | snarl |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |