GRE Word List
DIDACTIC
(of speech or writing) intended to teach a moral lesson; teaching; instructional; N. didacticism
The meaning of the word didactic is (of speech or writing) intended to teach a moral lesson; teaching; instructional; N. didacticism.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impuissance | powerlessness; feebleness |
| desiccate | dry up |
| machinations | evil schemes or plots; schemes or plots to achieve an evil end; V. machinate |
| expunge | cancel; remove a word or name (from a book or list); erase |
| embezzlement | taking for one's own use in violation of trust; stealing (of money placed in one's care) |
| enfranchise | admit to the rights of citizenship (especially the right to vote); CF. franchise |
| halting | hesitant; faltering; not fluent; Ex. halting steps/voice; V. halt: proceed or act with uncertainty; falter; hesitate; waver; stop |
| solvent | substance that dissolves another; ADJ: capable of dissolving another substance |
| appropriate | acquire; take possession of for one's own use without permission; set aside for a particular purpose; allocate; CF. misappropriate |
| climactic | relating to the highest point; N. climax; CF. climatic |
