GRE Word List
DIDACTIC
designed or intended to teach
The meaning of the word didactic is designed or intended to teach.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rarefied | being less dense |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |