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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WordMeaning
incisiveimpressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation)
rustleto make or cause a rustle
vassala person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant
parasitean organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host
provocativeserving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
defrayto provide for the payment of : pay
secularof or relating to the worldly or temporal
compulsionan act of compelling
axioma statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate
elaborateplanned or carried out with great care