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 |
|---|---|
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| hurl | rush |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| quarry | game |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| defalcate | deduct |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |