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 |
|---|---|
| headlong | headfirst |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| bitter | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, and often disagreeable and characteristic of citrus peels, unsweetened cocoa, black coffee, mature leafy greens (such as kale or mustard), or ale |
| malediction | curse |