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 |
|---|---|
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| yore | time past and especially long past |