GRE Word List
ENCLAVE
a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory
The meaning of the word enclave is a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |