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 |
|---|---|
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |