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 |
|---|---|
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |