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.
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apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
whimsy | whim |
outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
environ | encircle |
allege | to assert without proof or before proving |