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 |
|---|---|
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| cataclysm | flood |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| prong | fork |