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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |