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 |
|---|---|
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| chafe | irritate |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |