GRE Word List
ELUCIDATE
to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis
The meaning of the word elucidate is to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |