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 |
|---|---|
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| 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) |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |