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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WordMeaning
infallibleincapable of error : unerring
horoscopea diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
aberrationthe fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state
sanctuarya consecrated place: such as
overturnto cause to turn over : upset
cauterizeto sear with a cautery or caustic
ordinationthe act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained
contrabandillegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling
wanderluststrong longing for or impulse toward wandering