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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WordMeaning
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
stunto make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze
genealogyan account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms
reprisea musical repetition:
spectruma continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order
putrescentundergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid
ordinationthe act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
sherbeta cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice
billowwave