GRE Word List
ECLECTIC
composed of elements drawn from various sources
The meaning of the word eclectic is composed of elements drawn from various sources.
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crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
wastrel | vagabond |
advert | to turn the mind or attention |
offensive | making attack : aggressive |
traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |