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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |