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 |
|---|---|
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| amend | to put right |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |