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 |
|---|---|
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |