GRE Word List
ETHNIC
of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
The meaning of the word ethnic is of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |