GRE Word List
EARTHLY
characteristic of or belonging to this earth
The meaning of the word earthly is characteristic of or belonging to this earth.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |