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 |
|---|---|
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| retrench | cut down |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |