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 |
|---|---|
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| sportive | frolicsome |