GRE Word List

EPISODIC

made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes

The meaning of the word episodic is made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes.

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foistto introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant
quaya structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place
gentilitythe condition of belonging to the gentry
podiatristthe medical care and treatment of the human foot
concisemarked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail
mayhemneedless or willful damage or violence
precipitantprecipitate
wistfulfull of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
compulsionan act of compelling