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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WordMeaning
inklinga slight knowledge or vague notion
mysticmystical
run-downan item-by-item report or review : summary
brookcreek
elopeto run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent
startto move suddenly and violently : spring
dissertationan extended usually written treatment of a subject
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
postulatedemand
entreatto plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently