GRE Word List
ELEVATION
the height to which something is elevated: such as
The meaning of the word elevation is the height to which something is elevated: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| cohorts | companion |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| clime | climate |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |