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 |
|---|---|
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| ram | a male sheep |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| residual | remainder |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |