GRE Word List
ELABORATION
planned or carried out with great care
The meaning of the word elaboration is planned or carried out with great care.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |