GRE Word List
DIDACTIC
designed or intended to teach
The meaning of the word didactic is designed or intended to teach.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |