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 |
|---|---|
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| provident | frugal |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |