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
dissidentdisagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief
superciliouscoolly and patronizingly haughty
recriminationa retaliatory accusation
rendezvousa place appointed for assembling or meeting
neophytea new convert : proselyte
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
dowseto plunge into water
subdueto conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish
affectedartificial; pretended
cloistera monastic establishment