GRE Word List
ECCENTRICITY
the quality or state of being eccentric
The meaning of the word eccentricity is the quality or state of being eccentric.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |