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 |
|---|---|
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
