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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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 |