GRE Word List
DICTUM
a noteworthy statement: such as
The meaning of the word dictum is a noteworthy statement: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| blush | outward appearance : view |