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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| fuddle | booze |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |